LOVE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2848, 14 October 1908, Page 70

LOVE.

Sally is washing iihe disEes, Sally is singing a, eong. Just because somebody wishes To join her life's pathway along: L*&t Digit baside the gxey river Somebody whispered a word That «'en mtde the lea/ires gaily quiver And the stars daxicte in joy aa they heartL Jimmy is whistling » measure As he 'moves -with 'bis plough thro' the soil. While down in his &e*rt lies the treasure That maketh * pastime of toil — Fci- h*s he not won pretty Sally, "With gold hair and ey«s like the light, The beauty of River tree VaJ.!ey, By a> word '.mewth the gum-trees last night? Ah ! Love is the same the world over;. Tfac oi» t&ing- tOvft jplrd<3en» life's whirl j And Cupid's.* g*y, oaselesß rover Who makes love between man and girl. The fortunes of life often vary, And how 1 couM we face life's aktms If we had not a, friend in this fairy Of manifold cbwms? — E. I*. Erttß."

" STICK TO YOUR GUNS ! » In the -world of toil, on the sea of strife. Though the highway path with danger is rife. Though you're wearied out. and tired of life. Stick to your guns! Though you've no gold, no wealth, nor lands, No prospect hut exile on foreign strands — Your enemies wou'd like you to play into their hands — Stick to your guns I If you propose a plan, and the world says no, And your hopes ar« rudely crushed- by the foe, Perhaps it .pha.ll not he. always so, Stick to your guns! there's a turn in the longest lane. Then hold to your purpose with might and main; You'll fiud atvlasfit shall not he in vain; Stick to your guns! „ There's a bfttt'e to fight and a goal to win, Fight nobly on, and n<"ver give in — Be not unnerved by the uproar and din, Stick to your guns! Rome day the ■warfare at last shall cease, Some day be dictated lerrr<= of peace, And' honour, prosperity and love increase, Stick to your gun?! — F.LVIXA EOSKTTA. Wil'owbank, Wairarapa, October, 1908.