BARRIES LOVE POEM.
A STUDENT MEMORY. Sir James Jiarrie, on being made recently a Freeman of his native Kirriemuir, immortalised as " Thrums," gave liis audience a tantalising glimpse of himself in a new role. Sir James referred to an occurrence many years ago, when an Edinburgh University student might have been seen outside Kirriemuir post office • undecided whether to post a letter or not. "At last he dropped it in and disappeared." said Sir James. " 1 was (hat student and the letter contained the only love poem that 1 ever" wrote. It was addressed to a lady in Kirriemuir. J was shy and did not sign it and I have no reason to believe she ever had the least knowledge from whom it came. I never spoke to her. but I can remember the first two lines. It began: Is Venus tlead? Methinks file must have left to you her face. She had a name of the kind that. Wordsworth loved. Her name was—" Here Sir James broke off and continued, " Now, is not this sad ? Just as 3 was going to tell you the name, I find we must proceed to the next item on our programme."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20620, 19 July 1930, Page 8 (Supplement)
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198BARRIES LOVE POEM. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20620, 19 July 1930, Page 8 (Supplement)
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