RONDELETS.
All goes not well Since you haA r e piqued the woi'ld' s conceit All goes not well With lives that seek be} r ond to dwell. Would thou had rested at "replete" ! And Hiowii that in a strange day's heat All goes not well! Why this disdain? I liave hut asked a faA'our small. Why this disdain? Dost wish that I should ask again, Prove positive I am your thrall? You yet may, anguished, vainly call: "Why this disdain?" You nod to me! Why should I come at once because You nod to me? Despite your wiles, I still am free: But yet may come without a pause, When, flirting not with Cupid's laws, You nod to me. With lightsome heart > You pluck the flower of loa-b, the rose. With, lightsome heart You take the thorns in better part. But time may wilt your rose. Who knows, That then you will your fate oppose J ' With lightsome heart? ' — K. L. NORMAN. March 1, 1900.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2402, 15 March 1900, Page 53
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166RONDELETS. Otago Witness, Issue 2402, 15 March 1900, Page 53
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