UNKNOWN

Lake County Press, Issue 2115, 26 April 1906, Page 7

UNKNOWN

“They say” is a common liar, And she goet hj tip ami down, Ami her tongue is ;i ton,trim of tire In the homes of all the town. Alike in hovel and palace And on the broad highway, I'o unr 1j ps a |ui i: mmi I eh. a 1 ice She lifts hy night and thiy. Uhal falsehood coins she utters ! I ler lavas I 't is slander's seat, And gossip's filthy gutters Are Hacked hy her vagrant feel. Over lives as pure ami blameless And while as Ihe w inter snows, Snsplrions unnamed and nameless I h-r passing shadow throws. |,o ! v, here is a feelde brother Koine flown in Ihe deadly si rife Ilia t we vv age with one allot her, With it slab she seeks his life. Ami where one sits lone and lonely, As the widowed years go by. She romet 11, hut comet hj only To beguile and t hen Italic. The fame that virt tie prizes. The wTeat !i that honour wears. She soils with her black surmises, With her tainted lingers tears. Then curse me the cruel liar W ho goet hj her evil way : Aml rurse me the longue of lire That blasts with a breath—"They Say.” R. S. SpofTord.