A Tale of Love.

Otago Witness, Issue 2232, 10 December 1896, Page 52

A Tale of Love.

(wherein rhyme and spelling go together.^ A cbai'Hiius niaid and dashing youth, Ensconced within a sheltering bouth, ' Their t&lk of love eswyed ; A well-matched pvrthey seemed in south—* He was a lad of honest trouth, And she a winsoniii mayed. A type of power was his physique, The rose of health bloomed on his chique, While vigour marked his mien ; Of graca and strength hisfoim did spique, And to his loved one, pure and niique, A prince he seemed, I wien. In truth he was a handsome beau. Upon his face was beauty's gleau, And in hia hearb love's light ; Degrading thoughts nor passions leau Within his soul could never greau, To mar his style polight. No thoughts of mine can aptly weigh, Nor can my language well portreigb, Tbe (traces of the maid. The task were vain, enough to seigh Her chinm were like the op'niogdeigh, Uadimmed by storm or shaid. She deeply drank in every word That from his lips, like winged bord On Love's sweet pinions soared | And when his tale of love she hord Her inmost soul within her stord For him whom she adoared. No accent of the pert coquette Upon her tone and voice wassuette As she with "Yes" replied. He softly whispered, "We havemuetto No more to part, my dearest puette. For you shall ba my bried." —John M'Combe. Miller's Flat, November 1896. Seventy-one Melauesians have been con« firmed by the Bishop of North Queensland at) Halifax. A cruiser is to be sent out to Australia in May next, bringing crews for the vessels which are to be re-commissioned on this station. In all probability the ships which are to be re-com-missioned will be the Rapid, Wallaroo, Mildura, Tauraogft, and Boomerang, while the Katoomha and RingaroGiua, will probably be placed in reserve. AN ELECTORAL COUPLET. Behold ! the Ministerial roll Our humorous sense doth tiokle, For with true metal we head the poll, And end it up with "Nickel."