SCANDAL-MONGERS.
[JTHO!* THE "BOSTON PILOT."] Do yot hear the scandal-mongers Breathing poison to a whispw, 8 " 18 br ' Moving cantiously and si iw ° * " Bl> ' Smiling sweetly &■ they go K< " r Siin, olsy T ,sli ' Ung -moothly like a snake; *,«•"' and "lipping there, Through the meadows fre-h and Talr Leaving aaotle poison in their wake. Saw you not the scadal-monger. : Beaming blight 'neath the roses * T . . , In her hat? Jn her danty gloves and dress. Angel-like and nothing less Seemed she-outing smiles and pleasing word One* she shrnttged and shook her he«d, Kaised her eyes and nuthing said, When you spoke of friends, and yet it left a doubt. Did you hear the scandal-monger ■> Through the music, rhythm, beauty Moving here «,d moving *"' With whisper Ught™air Casting shadows on a sister-woman's fame— Just a whi per, wr.rd, orglancea *X' fl ? at . ed t»r°u«h the danca : And the world is bu-y with a spotless name. Yon will find the scandal-mongers Sometimes men, but often women, B> Yet their tongues drop foulest .lime. ' And thoy speud Ihelr leisure time Casting mud on those who climb byVork and worth. i-hun them, shun them as you go— """"» febun them, whether high or lowThey are the hideous serpeutaof the earth
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4667, 28 October 1876, Page 3
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