THE AFTERMATH.
I t.;t at .tea with;her I love last night, Rejmcing in the sweetness of her eyes. The world'.was filled with glory, free from . bliglit, ; .The while I sat with her—in Paradise. The troubles-, that beset mo fled away;' • Each bit-of .\Worry, gloom, and carking . ..care ■ ■ ■ ■ . Before her beauteous smile, more fair-than . May, .-. ' ; -.' ', ..• All vanished like to smoko in thinnest air. But-.now -.a;' sense of dread; doth haunt my ./ ■soul;- i' . To-day succeedeth yesterday, and I Ani : sick-at'heart, my being full of dole, And cruel sleep hath- coldly passed mo by 1 I'fcar the hours to como,. tho day, the night; ,' My spirit will not. rest, 'tis,so afraid; . Bccause, I may- as-well confess outright, • ' The' Ijiscuits we partook of she had made! -. ' r -"' ' --Envoy. Bewaro,'ye lovers of I'erilla fair — . -.Tho.maid who/like an'angel ever Jo.oks ilayprove a messenger of grim-despair When she : descends. from- Paradise—and ■ . ..cooks!. . .. —John Sondrick .Bangs,.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 81, 30 December 1907, Page 3
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149THE AFTERMATH. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 81, 30 December 1907, Page 3
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