To a Maiden Demure.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2070, 20 May 1887, Page 1 (Supplement)

To a Maiden Demure.

Of.- s »>n im- r.: :r.t U c-r.ie, Wuk : ..; *:?•• -.p .it Dctut, tt'bi'c t, .. ci ; ■. i-r.i - . or sew, K-afl. or cUt in vci.es low, SuiMf.rly ycu litc jourtyes With an earnest an i wise ; But 1 can not read th.ir re— Teil me Its-*, or tell me moreI/ke a picture in a book, P..reand peaceful is jour look, Quietly yra wain year ways; hieadfost duty tills the days. Nei'h-r tears nor ricr.c J.hub's, F-»- tis'.i day- nc r tossing tiuh.s, Any troublous dreams cuclt-a. — Ttil ms m ire, cr tell roe less F«;(t the weeks are on the wing ; Years .are brief, at d lore s thing B! nmlnp, lading, hfce a flower ; Wake and seize the little hour. Give me welcome, or farewell ; Quick! I wait' And who can tel! Wnat to morrow may befall Love me more, cr not at all. —r. 11 . To Trifles When I was seventeen 1 beard From each censorious tongue, " not do that if I were you, \oo see your're rather young.” Now that I number forty years, I'm quite as often (old Of this or that I shouldn't do Because I'm quite too old. 0 c*rp'ng world! If there’s an age, Wh-re youth and manhood keep An eq ual poise, alas ! I must Hava passed it in mv sleep. flu-', r Lari'i.