Select Poetry.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 86, 24 August 1868, Page 203

Select Poetry.

»«y« !«*■ iif ; r r : r , ; ••; QJoTBIFLE’ ofiwopd,>and- a trifle; of glue; >'.-. tpi i£?4>besmeaxed with red and .green;, - tt is but: a toy; and a poorionei’too. -v ! >%fr«anphirae !.:' Yet tlifegodd .'Wifd's face wefl.ra alonk ftf jmtnJoidherheartwithiagrowssorei Amdthe past comes'back in ia. shadowy train. ' *■ AalßbolOTiisitr'o’er.'ando’eK : '

' Once mbre -itiiat form before her stondsi •’ ; Withita, curls of glossy brown,,. “ - Once more.two tiny dimpled hands • typ'-i Am, tugging at ,her go.wnu ... -Again she lists to the accents sweet . . , _.Qf .toevoice she shall ne'er hear more, Asjthejmerxy sound of; childish- feet ; : r ; t/Cowes pattering o’er the floor. ; The bye-goneSpririg renews its bloom, And its violet-scented air , - Wafts iteoldfragrance through the room, ■ * -As the young lipamoyein prayer. ~.

ViAhloft jn the hush of the stilly night, / When the world to, its rest has gone, ; : Are such dreary relies brought to Ughfe ; And moUrnfully gazed upoin

• And the Moon-from herhome in the stariit sky •.., • .Asshe.peeps bom her .casement grey, ... ’ r fiees many a tearful loving eye, . • - As.these toys are put away.