RED ROSE OF MARGARET.
Red rose of Hanraret, __/ .y __WKs^_r> r* "* another red rose L • „._ Tnii" ns any rose Is red 'J' nn this nttle rose-hung tree, ' A °?«,*« willow leaves are greeri, _ Shall I be true to theo." ______ So vowed-1 unto Margaret and Mc___-« twito me. •<As lon* as this Tittle stream shall nn_ Through the onfet willows _ere, Ont of the shadow into the sun, Shall Mnrenret be dear; Tea, thoneh the stream should dry anl. the willows die, and the grass grow sere.
"Y. t shonlu I not forget, ' T-iontrh the sun should fall, J The holy face of Ma .caret, Pale as a pearl _s pale, And chnne-e s*>aii chnnee all else Iwt over this It shall not prevail. "And ns true -as I to Margaret To me shall Margaret be. Anil some cfnv we sTinTl stand a{f___i By that little rose hun . tree, A_d each, with a rose in t.W hirnd, ____S say: 'I was faithful unto fh. „.' M | RICHAED LE GALLTTTNKB3, I * t n "Smart fl. t*
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 242, 11 October 1902, Page 1 (Supplement)
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172RED ROSE OF MARGARET. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 242, 11 October 1902, Page 1 (Supplement)
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