A LOVE LETTER.
A knight rode past the convent wall; On something hidd'n a sunbeam .shone ; He prayed for rest in bower and stall, The careful Abbess—noting allTreated him well—and he rodo on.
A dove perched on the convent wall, And something showed beneath her wing ; She preened and cooed with plaintive call ; The careful Abbess—noting allStroked, and let fly the gentle thing.
A rose dropped o'er the convent wall, With something curled about its heart; It lay a scented, crimson ball ; The careful Abbess—noting allHad softly pulled its leaves apart.
A Palmer by the convent wall Leaned—while the Abbess slept at noon ; The novice, setting plates in ball, Keachcd him a pitcher—that was all — He blessed the maid, and passed full aoon.
Ah, steep and high the convent wall, Yet something slips thro' lock and chain ; The maid has fled beyond recallMay S.iints forgive her grievous fall— Nor let the Abbess nap again ! —U. 15. Stuart, in the "Argosy."
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2644, 22 June 1889, Page 1 (Supplement)
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160A LOVE LETTER. Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2644, 22 June 1889, Page 1 (Supplement)
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