"TELL ME WHY."
" Can; i' tell you how I lovo'her 1 ~ ,-'..' I will try. As I love the rarest rosea ? • , No, thoy die. 'As I love the leaves in springtime ? ■ No, they fade. As I love the violets resting In the shade? As I love the purest lillies ;....,.. Of the field? "., As I love the sweetest scents ■'" ' The flowers yield ? , As I love the scarlet sunsets ':.''.:: And the sky? As I love the rippling river :. Flawing by ?— ,', No, I dp not love her as I !,'; • Love all these— ' Love, cannot be shattered by .''. ..■„',■ A passing breeze. I Love cannot be turned aside out; > '...■, '.'."' Of its course, i.Lpye. held by only ;•/...' Human force. " No, it's something born of higher , , Thoughts above. : ' And there's houprht that can express the Words "Hove." ! •• ■■'■ ■ -M..E.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2331, 18 June 1887, Page 5 (Supplement)
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130"TELL ME WHY." Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2331, 18 June 1887, Page 5 (Supplement)
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