MEMORY.
■Rf)reiL.b'arc<» im but glief to those
"Who rharpe the fitful hours ■\Yith. present happiness, and close Their hands o.i fading flowers. I pulled no blossom when I met
You in yon rosy giove, Xor scarce perceived the leases were wet
With tcais of lo\e
I dreamed of buds that yet to bloom Predestined joy to be , From rote to rose I drank perfume, In silent ecstacy. Oh, heedless moment' how your brow
Amid the roses shone I did not ki.ow 'twas love, I vow, Till you were gone. But yesterday a crystal shower Upon the grove did shine, 'Twas then I knew you had the power To make the rose divine. 'Tis yearf., yet still I watch the ties On. which the flower was set. The trust that love hath given me !•> perfect yet.
—John Maclennah. Te Kohwjfl», rJunedic A August, 190%
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Otago Witness, Issue 2528, 27 August 1902, Page 64
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143MEMORY. Otago Witness, Issue 2528, 27 August 1902, Page 64
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