TO D.A. (AGED TEN).
Two hundred years ago It was much easier to say, "Lines to a lady" by the poet so-and-so, Or "To Diana, on her nth birthday." For then, if you will take it not amiss, It might have run something like this: "When the gods arrive, The half-gods go !" . And when thy years count four times five, Thou'lt find with goddesses 'tis true also. At country dances, courtly routs, Where Fashion flaunts her whereabouts, The brightest stars will then expire, And "pale their ineffectual fire," Whereas Diana, cold, aloof, serene, Sheds her white splendour on the scene. —DAN. Wairarapa.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 103, 3 May 1930, Page 9 (Supplement)
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102TO D.A. (AGED TEN). Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 103, 3 May 1930, Page 9 (Supplement)
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