TO A CHILD.
O Trim;! impatient of the dilatory years pat move ho slow, that halt so long and oft, A tin rat to quaff" their cud of happiness, bo strong and sweet, that present joys seem stale, Your eager hands would rive the opening hud Perchance to find concealed destroying worm And perfume turned to rottenness Not bo: But patient wait tho slow unfolding hud Display its prize matured, the perfect flower, So. as tho flowers that fading pass away, Still leave behind an odorous memory A fragrant recollection of themselves' Each opening year undreamtof joys disclose, And fading, leave dear memories sweeter than tlio one before. iW.lu",
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12269, 13 May 1903, Page 2 (Supplement)
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109TO A CHILD. New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12269, 13 May 1903, Page 2 (Supplement)
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