Is it to be Good-bye? [ORIGINAL.]

Otago Witness, Issue 1825, 12 November 1886, Page 31

Is it to be Good-bye? [ORIGINAL.]

Is it- to be good-bye ? You know I lovo you, Yefc you would wound my heart. It is not kind—it is not manly of you To cause me wilful smart. If you recall what we have passed together. How plodded on in 6pite of Ftormy weather ; And now, for reasons weightless' as a feather, Are you and I to part ? If by your coldness you have taught me lightness ; If this, alas '. is so, Think how, in pat>t times, oft you caused me sadness,

Bufc I was always slow To fail ir patience. Think how oft I'd render You good for ill ; but. I will not durronder This time to you. You owe me what is tender, And I can let you go. It' you can btill be c:>ld— nor will my sorrow Be either long or deep ; If you can fail in kindness—by to-morrow I shall forget to weep. By love you won me— and the past is token How I repaid you every fond word spoken, And bow I tried, my every vow unbroken, In faithfuilness io keep. Why are you angry ? Why ?— because it pleases You when you give me pain. And I have struggled this time with my weakness ; And where before IVe lain Weppirig and broken, I now stand, and tearless ; And, if we part, I face the journey fearless. Yes ! by your coldnesx, you have made me careless Whether wo meet agaiu. Did I not love you ? Yes l and wll you knew me, Long, long before to-day ; You knew that I should never seek to hold you The hour you turned away. When you were tender, did you find me straying ? When you were earnest, did you find me playing ? But when you slighted, did you find me praying? If bo, no more, I pray. Why should I pour into the sa-ds, affection ?

True love can ever win Love just as true, in which a kind pro' er.tion

From grief hath ever been. Is it to be good-bye ? or hand in hand, A.B heretofore, once more in peace to sta^d ? I wait tor you to give me the token Whether or no our friendship must, be broken ; And if we part— of every false word spoken God hide the sin 1