"HE LOVES ME."
Dark cypresses adown the lawn Are trembling 'neath the breath of eve, And 'midst the myrtles far withdrawn Their saddened 1 straiU3 the bulbuls weave ; This fragrant moonlight should pour balm O'er souls distraught with care and woe, But I walk lonely — w hat shall calm The waves which constant tempests blow ? In vain beside the fountain's brink I linger, racked in heart and brain ; At times c'en hope o'erw helmed will sinkIs loving quite an unmixed gain ? And faith— do whispered words hold true? Will stars avenge the vows they heard? Fate in this lily's flower I'll view Affection's fate too long deferred. The gleaming flower I slowly raise. A petal falls—" he loves me !"— there 1 This— that— another !— in amaze To touch the last I scarcely dare ? Pluck we up courage for the test — 41 He loves me I"— joy— shako dusky domes, Your orange blossoms — 1 know the rest — For through the roses, lo ! he comes ! — Cassell's Family Magazine.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2182, 3 July 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)
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166"HE LOVES ME." Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2182, 3 July 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)
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