Her New Vocabulary.
She possessed a mind discerning. That was stored and ciammed with learning, And hei thoughts, forever burning,
She could suitably express. All her sentences were iound«l, All her worde imposing sounded , I wns really quite astounded
As I listened, I confe&s. It was rathei an infliction. All this verbal unrestric'ion, But her elegnnce of diction. Each precise and polished phrase, And the beautiful selpctian Of the words and their connection, And her most conect inflection-
They were quite beyond all praise. But 1 saw hei very lately. And she did not talk ornately, And that 'anguage suave and stately
She ro lonper kept on tap Sho was =a\inp "Beasums clicklums! Where de bad old pin got hidciums^ Oo's his muzzpr's p'cious k'.dch.ins," To the baby in her lap.
— New South Waits contains more flowa* hit; rl a »t-> than all Europe.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2572, 1 July 1903, Page 81
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144Her New Vocabulary. Otago Witness, Issue 2572, 1 July 1903, Page 81
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