THE ROSE OVER THE DOOR.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2245, 27 November 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE ROSE OVER THE DOOR.

A cottage, all fitted and furnished, Stands daintily over the way, And here, a young pair to housekeeping Came promptly the first day of May. The place seemed to be home-like and cosy, The sun 'shone bright on the floor, Yet one dewy eve saw them planting A Rose t© bloom over the door. Ah, now they watched over its growing And trained it with tenderest arts, And swift, as its bright buds unfolded, The love of home grew in their hearts. The husband came home in the evening, All weary and worn from the store, To find the wife's welcome the sweeter For the Roses that bloomed o'er the door. But u love" they say, flies out the window, When poverty enters before ;" But against all trials and troubles These two young hearts garnered full store. For, when fell the hush of the twilight, They whispered anew love's sweet lore, Wove closer the bonds of affection, 'Neatfr roses that bloomed o'er the door. And when the "dark days" closed around them, And poverty's waves overbore, To keep the dear home how they struggled, Where roses bloomed over the door. And now, all their "trial-time" ended, They dwell in the sunlight once more, And love brightly gleams on the hearthatone Where Roses bloom over tho door. Ye new mated pairs, who are building Your home-ne-it-s now heed, I implore, This lesson— that love lingers longest Where Roses bloom over the door. So, ye. who count home more than shelter, Plant, ere the bright Spring-time is oer — To malto home the brighter and dearer — A Rose to bloom over the door. —Dart Fairthorne in Vick's Magazine.