THE PSAL OF MARRIAGE.
Tell ub not in idle jingle, * Marriage is an empty dr*' , T?or the girl ia dead th-" .- am • And things r^^^'m**, ia real, life ia earnest ! ' Single blessedness a fib ; Man thou art to man returnest Has been spoken of the rib. Not enjoyment and not sorrow Ia our destined end or way ; But to act that each to-morrow. Find us nearer marriage diy. Life is long, and youth ia fleeting, And oar hearts are light and gay ; Still like pleasant drums are beating Wedding-marches all the day. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Hie, I)e not like dumt 1 , driven cattle ! Be a heroine, — a wite ? Trust not future, howe'er pleasant ; Let the dead past bury its dead ; Act — act in the living present, Hoping for the spouße and head. Lives of married folks remind us We can live our lives as well, And departing, leave behind us Such examples as will tell — Such examples that another, Wasting time in idle sport, A forlorn, unmarried brother, Seeing, shall take heart and court. Let us, then, te up and doing, With a heart on triumph set ; Still contriving still pursuing, Aflrt eaoh one a husband get. — Phoebe Canj.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11128, 21 January 1899, Page 5
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207THE PSAL OF MARRIAGE. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11128, 21 January 1899, Page 5
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