FATE.
A lovely maid, In the cooling shade, Of a wayside tree was lying, When over the road, With an unknown load, An unknown steed came flying. It was indeed, A wondrous steed, In strength and grace ideal ; Light as a breeze, Swift yet with ease, It flashed it's ribs of steel. But the rider sighed, ■ As the innid he spied, And he breathed a silent prayer ; " Would the fates decree In their might that he Should win that maiden fair?* 1 And the sweet girl's heart Gave a sudden start, 1 Like * timid flattering dove ; No signs of fear In her face appear, But the beautiful tints of love. 'Twas a Providence kind This plan designed, And etiquette's laws defied : - A crash, a groan, And ths stranger thrown From his saddle, lies at her side. Ho dreamed that a white Robed angel, bright, Had blocked the road before him ; Ho awoke to find The most loveable kind Of an angel bending o'er him. And time may erase From his sun-browned face, All marks of the mischief done ; But time can never These two hearts sever, Joined together by fate m one.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2155, 1 May 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)
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192FATE. Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2155, 1 May 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)
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