IN MEMORY OF A FRIEND.
In \ain, in vain I tiy to «in^, J''nr mournful thoughts my feelingK wring ; Although a in. m, hot toais will rise, Ani check the dirge my friendship triei. Tin- follies <.f thy life weie 10-t In counties \iitue-. —quite a host;' I knew thee well, and 1 for one Can tell of noble actions done. Small acti in lminbli' life which tell liiif^ht honour in thy he.ut ilid dwell ; And when death--- tiding -hill be ho.ird, The loquieniN what? -A simple word. But few could know thy cheri-.hpel thought, With future hope and £<>oJn ><is fraught, Ml -,iw the, shell, but few supposed That jewels r-ire weie tlic-ie enclosed. Whfii l.i-it I s,iid t>> t}ii»i> (food by, I little, thought Rrnn death was ni<,'h ; Km nigh ! enough ! tlmu weit my friend, And grieving now I mourn thy end. TcAwainutn. C.W.M.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2056, 10 September 1885, Page 4
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146IN MEMORY OF A FRIEND. Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2056, 10 September 1885, Page 4
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