TO A WOMAN.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2167, 29 May 1886, Page 6 (Supplement)

TO A WOMAN.

I loved thee once, and for thee would hare given E'en life itself and deemed the giving heaven. Tis thou hast weaned nfe ; made me cease to love ; Not twice is traptthe once-escaping dove. And now— or smiles or tears from thee were vain. A little child who fears the gloom of night Steals to the wall and grasps a spear for fright. Bears it all trembling, nude, with might and main, Back to his bed, barring the trait'rous doors. The morning comes ; the sun o'er mountain soars. He finds the phantom ; 'tis a curtain's fold Beside his window ; and in light grown bold The antique arm he spies, with laughing cry ; " Oh, silly fancy ! What a child am I."

A movement is on foot to abolish the statutory prohibitions as to the growth of tobacco in the British Isles. It is declared that tobacco can be profitably cultivated in England, and that to permit the industry to be carried on here would afford considerable relief to' the agricultural interest.