TEE POETIC V. THE PRACTICAL.
'Twas thus that the warm hearted and gushing young poet poured out the inspiration of his soul to the maiden of his adoration :-- My GrTJiDiNG- Stab. " No matter how dark be the traveller's way, Though no compass or landmark be given, Prom the port that he seeks he can ne'er go astray, If he looks for his light up to heaven. C " If he marks but the star whose clear. brightness • had shone O'er his path ere he had started to roam, Its light, all unerring, will still guide him on, , And lead him to safety and home. So I, as I wander through life's stormy ways, ', A haven of safety shall see, By keeping my fixed and unwavering gaze, Dear Star of my Life, upon the.
And this was the poetical and practical manner , in which his lady-love replied to the effusion : —
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Observer, Volume 7, Issue 158, 22 September 1883, Page 6
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148TEE POETIC V. THE PRACTICAL. Observer, Volume 7, Issue 158, 22 September 1883, Page 6
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