VILLANELLE.
I exist, by Habit enslaved , In the rtit of a vanished dream ; What must I do to be saved? Monotony has depraved The desire to attain the supreme : I exist, by Habit enslaved. Mischance has slighting behaved, When I tried to court the extreme — • What must I do to be saved? A time gentle peace I craved ; But now I'd risk Hell to blaspheme: I exist, by Habit enslaved . 0 that some Power had concaved The strain of the tortured scredni— What must I do to be saved? On the road to Oblivion braved, I ride an eternal theme: 1 exist, by Habit enslaved ; What must I do to be saved ? February 7. — K. L. NORMAN.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2399, 22 February 1900, Page 53
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117VILLANELLE. Otago Witness, Issue 2399, 22 February 1900, Page 53
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