A MAORILAND MAIDEN'S REPLY.
— Charles Oscxn P».t.JiEH.
Thf v.-oudrous Was li.vtii boldly said k.s sa,y — I iain would whisper mm? Ads 1 »i' muy Kot build the lr.irg lav - We i>cn the pa-bsu.v, Line But b^tier, l>e+'c- it-rio echo Oil 'ihe fprlilo ccn>moiij>!joe, And d<-re the sra.le c chi ', E'J^r.oi 'corn Upon the Cnt.c's "aco, Tiui!. lor n fleeting liornert t<"> parlake Wilh ui"~a v ho csv not bee How swept the Lumb'esl Ii" for Jehu's =ak", How liarsh lh; ni'-lody Thri . c atan hath ips'j.red Tlie inner on, Dejected, lurrs away To find full m:ur, i' nigged u.t." dear, Aid many a rural lay. And ir.ai.% a ma.den, al l.er l-.v.iy t-.ok Bendii'? hath heard supernal melody, Aud p": Led its echo—fur too tine to ?sk Ole passing thought from th.cc TLe blessed privilege of urothcihood Wi'.l round her kjl'U- la}, And Ehe who em g, but v, 'is not ■unSerstcXKl, AVill bear the palm for aye
Kafaoutcra Hills, June 17, 1903.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2572, 8 July 1903, Page 71
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163A MAORILAND MAIDEN'S REPLY. Otago Witness, Issue 2572, 8 July 1903, Page 71
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