BEAUTY'S GRAVE.
Where the rose witheis
Before fully blown ; Where the tree shivers
Aiid maketh low moan ; Where never a child's laugh,
And never a breath Of the milky May blossoms
Makes sweetness of death, The maid in her beauty is lying.
Where the rank nettles.
Spring coarsely and green,
And not one bright garland
Of promise is seen; Where never a bee's hum
And never a bird In the death-haunted stillness
And darkness is heard, The maid in her beauty is lying,
May 1899.
— H. J. B.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2362, 1 June 1899, Page 49
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88BEAUTY'S GRAVE. Otago Witness, Issue 2362, 1 June 1899, Page 49
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