Poetry.
LOVED TOO LATE.
Bt Mast x. Babe.
YiAfe afteiyyear, with a glad content, ' Ttn and out of our home h6 went— In and out 'jßrftrfpruj^he skies were clear; . beta eanied the care'and fear, The cafe and doubt Oai'hftßdt held with a«aieleß3:hold ' 'AU'tlrtta won ot honour and gold .' In toil and pain. Ob, dear ftaadt that our^burdenß bow— Hands that shall toil for as no more, ■ Never again! , j Oh,ltwaiH*ifdtoiearnonrloßo, • "Bering d&% the heavy oroto— . j Thattoes he bore:. irtth to *ohing heart tad %e*d ! "wottW to God that the Lore tonrdead j Were here once more !"| 'For whtn the Loto we held too light' . j ,Wm gone .away bom our speeoh and sight J NobitW'teara, ' r ] ijTo^panioaate words of fond regref> . " ' Ko yearning grief, could pay {he "debt , O( thankless years. . Oh, now while the sweet Love lingers, near, ' 'GMdgieiut the tender wotds of cheer :■ • Leave none nneaid. I T<>r &0 he*rb c*n hare no aadddi 1 fate ' , 'onto- tome Hy to awake— too -)ate— ' Awtf Lum dead ! , . .
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume I, Issue 62, 13 November 1880, Page 1 (Supplement)
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169Poetry. LOVED TOO LATE. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume I, Issue 62, 13 November 1880, Page 1 (Supplement)
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