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, My youth was a*. rndle--<; longing, For the buds »"d the blossom 1! of spring ; For the woods were the birds were thronging, Ihdt I might liom them learn to sing. I yearned for the brightest of (lowers, for the sunniest ot azure skies ; But I loitered .iml dreimod in the bowtrs Thoughtless, with h.ilf-closcd eyev I gathered no h irvest of sweetness, \'.ir leirned th« divine melodies, Mv Schema r-nrtr<l «"' in r • nnletencss But ir void as the Polar Seas. And now , .is the Autumn mists I hie ken, \nd the lews and the flowers grow p.ilo, Should I ch.ife ns I T,.inder, heart stricken, Alone throußh the dcsoUtc vale ' Oh, I had been resigned a»<\ quicsci'nt, vWre it not th it I ciusjlu throuirh tl c trees A glimpse of .1 summer l.md, pli'.is.utl, And an .ingel who kecpeth the ke>s. G.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1940, 11 December 1884, Page 4
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146To R Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1940, 11 December 1884, Page 4
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