NANNIE'S RETURN.
Ths harvest was tardy, and hopes seemed forlorn— With clouds daily dripping - of saving the corn ; The farmers despondent, with dark boding fears, At skies unpropitious and dues in arrears. But soon from a presence, like light in the gloom, Hose brightness our dark olouded minds to illume t For with Nannie's return from her trip o'er the sea, Where late was despondence came lightness and glee. Forgot then were harvest aud dark boding skies, Inspired by the sunshine of Nannie's bright eyes ; Even Johnnie the plough lad, late seeming to mourn, Went whistling quite gaily aince Nannie's return. She's the theme of all praise, with her bright winning air, And her pleasing aspect, with dark braided hair, And lily pale face, and those dark lustrous eyes, In whose softness basking seems love's paradise. But forced by the potence of love's mystic tie, O'er the wide heaving deep soon again Bhe must hie; To her friends, then, and Johnnie what reason to mourn When Nannie, sweet Nannie, no more will return. — DtfGiZD FERGUSON,
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Otago Witness, Issue 1950, 4 April 1889, Page 29
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175NANNIE'S RETURN. Otago Witness, Issue 1950, 4 April 1889, Page 29
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