*~^ftijESTIONS AND-AUSWm" I asked a maiden fair, With flowing nut-brown hair, * "WMtislove?" She smiled, and said, "A dream of bliss, A sweet caress,' a sweeter kiss, That's lore." I asked a youth, who sang As he plucked a blushing rose, "What is love?" " Two laughing eyes,"-he-said,- *'a dainty miss, A kiss, a quarrel, then another kise, That's 16T8." c I asked a toil-worn man, With sweat upon his brow, "What is lore?" " When Folly waits/"Be said," beside the stile, " , . And greets me with a glad sweet smile, That's love." I asked a mother, aa She sang a lullaby, "What is love?" Her face shone bright, her eyes grew mild, She stooped and kissed her little ohild "That's love." I asked a woman old, With crown of silver hair, "What is love?" "All that which makes life sweet," she said, " And tends to guide us heavenward Is love." "Oh! heart of mine," I cried, "Pray tell me What is love?" " 'Tis rapture of new life," my heart re« plied, ;.. " New heart and new life to the old allied, That's love." —"Pebe" in the Australasian
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Thames Star, Volume XXV, Issue 4669, 24 February 1894, Page 1
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183Page 1 Advertisements Column 7 Thames Star, Volume XXV, Issue 4669, 24 February 1894, Page 1
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