Unknow n Beside the Bars. Unknown
Gjuxdmotheh's knitting ha 3 loat its oharm ; Unheeded it lie* in her ample lap, While the sunset's crimson, soft and warm, Touohea the frills of her snowy cap. She ia gaziig on two beside the bars, Under the maple— who little oare For the growing dusk, or the rising stars, Or the hint of frost in the autumn air. On* it a slender clip of a girl And one a man in the pride of youth — The maiden pure as the purest pearl, The lover strong in his steadfast truth, 11 Sweet, my own, as a rose of Ju»e," He says full low o'er the golden head. It would sound to her like a dear old tune, Could grandmother hear the soft words said. For it teems but a Ktfcle while ago Since under tho maple, beside the bars, She stood a girl, while ths sunitt's glow Melted away 'raid the evening stars. And little you dream how fond a prayer Goes up to God through His silver stars, From the aged woman gazing there, For the two who linger beside the bars.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2045, 15 August 1885, Page 5 (Supplement)
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189Unknown Beside the Bars. Unknown Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2045, 15 August 1885, Page 5 (Supplement)
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