CHILDREN NEVER LIVE LONG.
When they are not carried away in little coffins and laid forever in the silent grave, they become transformed so rapidly that -we lose them in another way. The athletic young soldier or collegian, the graceful heroine of the ball room, may make proud the parental heart, . but can they quite console it for the eternal loss of the little beings who plagued and enlivened the early years of marriage ? A father may sometimes feel a legitimate and reasonable melancholy as he contemplates the most promising of little daughters, full of vivacity and health. How long will the dear child remain to him ? She will be altered in Bix months : in six years she will be succeeded by a totally different creature — a creature new in flesh, blood, and bone, thinking other thoughts and speaking other language. There is a sadnes3 even in that change which is increase and progression, for the glory of noonday has destroyed the sweet delicacy of the dewy Aurora, and the wealth of summer has obliterated the freshness of spring. — Philip G, Hamerton.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1325, 21 April 1877, Page 19
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182CHILDREN NEVER LIVE LONG. Otago Witness, Issue 1325, 21 April 1877, Page 19
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