AFFAIRE D'AMOUR.
One pale November day. Flying Summer paused, They say: And, growing bolder, O'er rosy shoulder Threw to her lover euoh a glance That Autumn's heart began to dance t (Oh, happy loret). A leafless peaoh tree, bold, Thought for him she smiled, I'm told. And, stirred by love, Hie sleeping sap did move, Decking each naked branch with green, To show her that her look waa seen, (Alas 1 poor lover). But Summer, laughing, fled. Nor knew he loved her! 'Tie said The peach tree sighed. And soon he gladly died, And Autumn, wearied of the chase, Cams on ac Winter's sober pace. (Ob, careless lover.)
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 7, 9 January 1886, Page 6
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108AFFAIRE D'AMOUR. Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 7, 9 January 1886, Page 6
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