TO A ROSE AT DAWN.
.Wherefore does thy velvet cheek Blush as with shame, Like a maiden asked to speak Her lover's name? Wherefore streams thy lovely face } In tears of dew? Has he gone and left no trace? Is he not true? Foolish child, thy lover true Will come again. See! from yonder gates of blue He hastes amain ! ... Soon the amorous sun willl kiss j Thy tears away ; 1 Soon thou'lt greet in silent bliss The king of day. —LILIAN. Narrandera, New South Wales, July, 1899.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2370, 3 August 1899, Page 49
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88TO A ROSE AT DAWN. Otago Witness, Issue 2370, 3 August 1899, Page 49
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