SUMMER AIR.
The wind blows through the borough town, The win<j blow 3 down the lane, And soft and plaintive as it goes It sings a low refrain: O, lads who loved grow old and die, But love shall yet remain. O, many a man has reared a house That since has sunk for shame; And many a man gone proudly once Who now is lost to fame— But I mind many a lad and lass Who only garnered blame. Two shamefaced lovers years ago Had scarce a word to say: The love they whispered in this lane Shall whisper here for aye— And 0! What empty words of kings Since then I’ve blown away! —Kenneth Ashley, in the English Revue.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3764, 4 May 1926, Page 78
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121SUMMER AIR. Otago Witness, Issue 3764, 4 May 1926, Page 78
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