TO MY DAUGHTER.
, Asl wander e&d and lonely Bj the beach, where fcbou hast strayed^ I mark in grief and sorrow, love, ' The footprints thou hast made. WU I ere again behold thes* .• ■ With thy lbappy, joyous face, Making footprints there, my darling, The old ones to replace f My boat is oa Che beach, love, ,Bufc my girl's not there to steer i ' Her name It is your own, love— The name to me most dear I 1 I've marked your bonny face, love, When the .wind was fierce and atroftgj Bub I never «aw you quail, love, ' A« your nameßake surged al&lg. , When she heeled o'er to the breeze, love, ' ' Till her gynwales lipped the wave, ■ < Youc dear hand kept the tiller— And ray girl was staunch and brave 1 C»me b'aok again, tny darling, ,Your footprints to replace, And cheer my lonely daya, love, With your own dear, bonny face ; And take again that tiller You held so' strong and true— Mv Olara— oh, my daughter! — There's none to me like you. May 9, _h, D.B.M.
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Otago Witness, Issue 956, 16 May 1889, Page 34
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179TO MY DAUGHTER. Otago Witness, Issue 956, 16 May 1889, Page 34
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