POETRY.
♦ SOMEBODY'S CHILD. Just a picture of Somebody's child — Sweet face set in its golden hair, "Violet eyes, and cheeks of rose, Bounded chin, with a dimple there. Tender «yes where the shadows sleep, Lit from -within by a secret ray ; Tender eyes that will shine like stars When lore and womanhood come this way. Scarlet Epa with a story to tell — Blessed be he who shall find it oat, Who shall learn the eye's deep secret well, And read the heart with never a doubt. Then you will tremble, scarlet lips ; Then you will crimson, loveliest cheeks ; JSyes will brighten and blushes will born When the one true lover bends and speaks. Bat she's only a child now, as you see, - Only a child in her careless grace; When lore and womanhood come this way WHI anything -sadden the flower-like face ? — By Louise Chandler Moulton.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5168, 25 November 1884, Page 3
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146POETRY. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5168, 25 November 1884, Page 3
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