ON A DEPARTED FRIEND.
Therriolet's sweist perfume i ;, ~,- -Is fragrant in the air;.. ■ _ Tto'rich'caihellia's Dloom, . /, . Jin waxen teaufy1 fair. Spoilers white, . i; ; " vi ,'. ' Their snowy heads uijcidse, The klngr of proudest might Wife ne'er arrayed' lfke M6&B. ; ; Finely eaph flower is clad- v -, ■ ■•, ,Ia colours bright and"gay; iMliJa'tUre brecitneth jjlad Of joyous life to-day. Aid art thou realiyaead -Who wert as ohasie aflower e'er its beauty shed. Around a "nuptial bower! Has Death, that'gardener old, ' ', Culled thee in" thyf iill pnme^ Asif'tOo fair of mould . . . Thou wert for earth's dark cMrae V STOe'iasfieyioiei's'scent, ". .[. .. j^TOßjas a samt'Jabqye,y ' V 7 TSiy^iraG/dear Tife^was-spent ,/In friendly faith-and love. . :;.* (Mtfkn%&\mote^TM&fii. \" „.-.,]/,' ,! ? A:'fnend!bn'eM.rtn:w"emounr;, .". That whicih the Mrd>h< l ;th : giv'n •> ■> - Haok to His anna is borne. ■..-. v ii-ft riplsds\ No; % ;can'ot-bk -x" -- Dpaftlsshenot,'b'u%%le%plnft *" . i -*' ■ iiWink lor "all eternity ;o. v r.i oaona-i So, friends, cease from your weepiog.; "' " "'■ ";' gT:
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Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 23, 28 January 1888, Page 3 (Supplement)
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142ON A DEPARTED FRIEND. Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 23, 28 January 1888, Page 3 (Supplement)
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