THE WARNING.

Southland Times, Issue 1741, 16 May 1873, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE WARNING.

The morn was as bright as a morn could be, 1 Blue glowed the sky, blue laughed the sea ; Sunshine and flowers were met together, In the joy and glory of summer weather ; But the old man pointed where, far in the West, Lay a cloud, like a Bail, on the sky's broad breast ; And he said, as he looked at its ominous white, " There'll be mist ere noontide, and storm ere night." The dream was as bright as a dream could be, He was so gallant, so fair was she ; As glad as the suiishine they moved together, In their gracious love, through the golden weather; Till a trifle jarred on the sensitive chords, Smiles that we-e mocking, and idle words, — And the old man said, '• O youth, take heed ; The thistle grows from the chance-sown'seed." The flush of young love, and the break of the day — What ia so fair or so flVet as they ?■ Gather the buds while the dew-drops shine, Garner hearts' love in its birth divine ; From doubt, and anger, from careless touch, Who can guard the delicate bloom too much. ? For the love forgiven, the sunrise o'er, Renew their first glory, O never more ! — Tinsley's Magazine.