Faces.
By Ilor Kirk.
There are some faoes that may grow like stars, And forms that make us turn and look again : There are bright eyes thatflash like silver bars, But these make not to meideal men. I love them not ; their glistening dash and show Seem less than mind and heart to prize. Eclipsed is beauty when its worth I know Is valued unrefined by saorifico. I love them not, the faces that alone Replace all gifts that their possessors own, That seem their wealth and only grace. Far grander is a soul than any face.
In England the mails are used for the transmission of nearly every speoies of merchandise. Fish, game, meat, butter, eggs, fruit, cream, and all other farm produots are transmitted through the English parcels post at very cheap rates. In a word, the British Post-office really does the express business of the country,
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1991, 11 April 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)
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149Faces. Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1991, 11 April 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)
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