THE CONFESSION.
; " List, lioly man, while I confess '. To you the can.se of my distress. Give absolution to thy son For the offence that he has done ! " ' ' Alas, my son, what can it be _ The thought of which thus moyeth thees Confess— for thee, this very hour, Shall be employed mjHpriestly power:" - "Last night, when all was-calm &nd-stifl, Along the path beside the rill 'That wanders thro' the flow'ry dell, •Where .simple love 'delights to dwell, At .evening's calm and moonlit hour, When silence reigh'd with mystic pow't!, Together stray'd my Kosß and I, And when no living soul was nigh, I played the thief,. and— mark you this— 1 absolutely stole— a kiss ! " "It was a sad offence, my Bon! One thing is only to be done :. Go back to her again and say, "Last night I stole a kiss away-^ * I cannot rest with guilty-soul, So 1 return the kiss I stole. " Then go at once— make all things plain _ By giving back the kiss again !" Tokomairiro. Jaqubs.
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Bruce Herald, Volume VI, Issue 361, 29 March 1871, Page 2
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