THE ETERNAL MASCULINE.
AT seventeen we meet some girl We worship fond and deep. Ami be'„' from her a tiny curl We e'er and aye may keep. *' 'Tis thin-spun gold," we ardent swear, " A mesh of filigree," And fondly kins and hide it where No prying; eye may see. At twenty-seven, less enthused With aubnrn-tinted curls. We. finding it. grow much confused To recollect which girl's , . Fair head it lent a halo to— May. Kate or Prue. the dears— "Well, pshaw! the thine that's best to do Is, keep it ten more years!" At thirty-seven, then, one day . While rummaging, we stare In absent way at it and say. "The devil! Whose red hair Is this? It ne'er belonged to mo!— . The bricky stuff!" Ah. Fate!— We toss it forth, and smile to see ,; It crinkle in the crate. - ! 0 BOY FAESKiL GBEENE.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12856, 3 May 1905, Page 1 (Supplement)
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THE ETERNAL MASCULINE.
New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12856, 3 May 1905, Page 1 (Supplement)
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