NEW ZEALAND VERSE.
m . MOTHER LOVE. < \ v^k'' ','■:■, '■'.''&'■ . "■•**■ ,vt,- ... ■'-.■ ■ ,?£-'y\ • ill sit holding you close to my breast. ~•;•• ■■'.■dear,- , -S ? i;-«w' ; . ■f%-&^-%'y. : ■ • p Mother-love straggling 7 itself to reveal. • Do those, blue baby; watching mc i <\".-: : closely, , . ./; •■}■ ■' ; ">*■■! >' . : J?; Fathom the 'loite which no power-can - steal ; ? :r •' ' ,/ ;<-..- .-■"' „: Sweet little innocent,, love's tin;-, blossom, 1? Smooth be the pathway your feet have to -■ ■■'„■.•■ tread. ■. .. -x . » „■■'■ :■,■•.y ■■■- : : ". As you lie watching mc, and ■" 'wondering;-. -. What are the fancies that flit through \. . your : head? ' ■ . Little one, tell mc, In sweet baby language, Are "yoti glad i that we J called * you to - ■- . earth for. : awhile' •:-'•• ■-•""'-. Lo!'I- am. answered ;in two tiny dimples, V And a,face that's .transfigured by, baby's jy- ■ =»; w first~Binile.- ■"■ "_• *"•;-' ?- - ■•_*-.■*&• *. "rr. • .,.:, ■' : ~—WINIFBBDTM. PONDEK. ■ - Auckland, K.Z. v'
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 252, 23 October 1926, Page 21
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123NEW ZEALAND VERSE. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 252, 23 October 1926, Page 21
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