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Lord Lovewell he stood by= the garden gate, shining velocipede, 1 •■ »• ' " Wkojwisliedtfor. Ms lordship good speed. ' ", "When will you be back, Lor d> Lovewell V she •But lie gave to her question no heed ; ' - [said, Placed his feet in Ms stirrups^ "and galloped away Ota his famous /velocipede. < , ' i Then Lady Belle cried, in frantic alarm, " What a husband my lord is, indeed, To ride thus away from, his loving young wife On that horrid velocipede." LordLoyewellreturn'd, broken-hearted and sore, Broken-armed, and, alasl broken-kneed j For he struck on a post, nearly gave up the ghost, And smashed his velocipede. MORAL. Eemember the fate Lord Lovewell has met, Let this be your warning and creed : Stay at home with your wife thereat of your life, And trust not the velocipede,
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Otago Witness, Issue 930, 25 September 1869, Page 16
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132Select Poetry. Otago Witness, Issue 930, 25 September 1869, Page 16
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