A WITHERED ROSE.
Wr lingered in the meadow croft ; We saw the sumu.er moon aloft In silver light : the earth, the sky Were not so full ot peace as I, Whose days have lost their tranquil tune Since love can die so soon, so soon. He plucked a fragrant rose, and there He set the blossom in my hair, And clasped me close, and whispered low Of changeless faith, which now 1 know Inconstant as the changing moon, Since love can die so soon, so soon. The nightingale was warbling clear In liquid notes ; I did not hear The witching music of the bird j His vows of love I only heard. 0 sad and sweet that night in June ! Since love can die so soon, so soon. 1 kept tho rose, whose darkened hue Recalls tho joy which once I knew, That gathered colour day by day, And brightness till it fell away, With hopes like faded petals ?<trewn, Since love can die so soon so soon. I kept the rose ; the time may be When I with firmer heart shall see Its withered leaves nor sigh to find In life's calm eve new peace of mind. Though clouds obscured its early moon, Since love can die so soon, so soon.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2215, 18 September 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)
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212A WITHERED ROSE. Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2215, 18 September 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)
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