A RICH WOMAN'S

Otago Witness, Issue 1891, 1 May 1890, Page 29

A RICH WOMAN'S

EGRETS. On. give me back those early days; When we were young and poor, t ( Aud; blithe as birds', our childreh play'fl About the open door. , Tho' toileaome oft the day^ our hearts Were, full of lightsome glee,— For I waa all the world to you! And you the same to me 1 The little ones -would laugh and sing, Nor even wish to roam, • ' For fcben they deemed no other place So pleasant as their home. And, when they heard your steps at night, How —keeu to gain your,praise — They all would rush .to greet you first 1 Ah, those were happy days! But now they have their " troops of friends," Their interests apart, And seldom can they spare the time To oheer their mother's heart J And you- for you the world had charms My simple self above— Oh, give me baok my pttverty, So I regain ybtir love I I waa not liorn to jiasfl my days Within a gilded cage, • To 101 l upon a silken couch, And listless turn the page ; Or talk to shallow, co-called friends With glib and feigning tongue,— More dear to me those simple joys When we were poor and young! For mine is but a homely taste, — I care not for the strife, The tiusel and the falsity, Of fashionable life Then give me back the little cob, The days so pure and free( When I was all the world to yoil, And yott the same to me I

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