HUMAN LOVE.
My friund, you bid >no fing of Immnn lovo ! ! lioukli >ir..ng« tlu tli<:mu. unil dillicult ua strange, I hiutu to do your bi,din«, and 1 irust Th-it y.ju will pity lu,w, ami mn condemu \\ h;it you may deem us .iiuliy iu the straia. Ai I recline i upcii, a gui<s/ slope, Whoso vumaia luinpienl to repose, 1 looKtd umuud, hud chaiic.M to caut my eyaa Vn two duiir uhi dren; itiu:r sweut arms were thrown Arouiiil uacii utlier, a they beut their steps To wh-rn i J.-iy: ihuir Dus.iuis seemed to swell Willi i-apiuri!, pi),.i;i;, cutout, and deepest JO7; Ainl. ..» ciioir v.iiuca fa ui>.>u iny e r, 1 Uiou-ilil ;li!it lovu h,id found iu thoir pure breasts A dwelling-pine: tlmt uuiiklu could drive her from. But soon tho tuoii.i is changed: one, Btooping low, Hks 1 luck'il a uiuuiHuus 01 ewoet perfume; An.l now luir love, th t did a>. Utcly beam From o.t Hi.- otii.-i"e .ye-., hutli given place Co envy, j.-iilouiy, »ud discontent. .Now lot us ;unk at yci a otner page Of hmu:;i) love: Sun yon f .ir m»t(l and youth, W ho c.nv rsi- seem to liold U great import, For nonu can β-y wli.tt w..r a duth pass their lips. nuraly a bond . x'sls u mue/i those two That n uglu of iun urtiftH I Hut 'tis not so, ExiicriLuc: urovut thut wo cuu never trust To mor,, Hjipuam co, h.jwi-.'ur iriiu it seems. Afll.cu..ii, p.noity, or loss of fame, 100 off aufflo. T.i rei.d ,», (ll t UlO tio lhat should cut Ainu th, m I)O u f o r v?eal or woe. Maierimi.love! the trim estliVe of earth ! \\ hat shall we *.. } jf , his ? .jin aught suffice A Riotlmm love for vmaiuMi child to quench ? IIH . VBU SO, ftil lIITB Iβ liuiuau love. Which witii Liod'e 1..v., couiKied as Kast from West, •■in tsijith from auiuh, or as li;e Pi.les apart. itutwh. I.IIUU thi, ujuuruful tlipme so far? I'rom childhood , * temior j tais to u.,ary age, Wo uud ilmi uuuihu luvu is out a name A void, a .ip.,ce, n burv nonentity; Ana they wi.o trust it find thai they but trust A shadowy form, r. Ueh at their approach i>lssolvea iu air, uml i» /or «voi lost. • B. W.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4667, 28 October 1876, Page 2
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377HUMAN LOVE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4667, 28 October 1876, Page 2
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