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Western Star, Issue 50, 24 October 1874, Page 6

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f’HE QLI3, ipp ; ) Though many-cares- we all, alas! Inherit from our birth, fc'l- ill '. . And, : h,ay^op*,trjalsisore t«pass, :: . c'In journeying through earth, J. , _ 4 , JTp pang tn.org truly grieves the. mind, Or. mbreto'sorrow tends," Than compelled we find ’ J^o^sayep'from old friends.- ' -- It'Tcasts a .gloom, it a void, A“vmd toddiepVfill; We feel our,every jov destroyed, ■Besist’ ft ns we win : A 'snTitude invades the breast, /The inmost bosom rends A.sadness on our brow must rest, .In parting, -front old friends. The aching -wound-nn change of scene •Ob pleasure sapiclispeVi:.7-4 The. heartunsolaced still will lean *pnl^ffoßp,weJa^d' sp.well-; A'gaiP, agai-*'’ by rnem’rv lei, «©ie rambling thought extends To davs cone hv. the tears we,shed fin parting from old friends. .- , 7.-. ■- b. d. ffW iBIELIABD LESSON. ’Twas pleasant, on the winter nights To see beneath the shaded lights, Her gnldeiuhead-hent low; To watehTier snowy fingers make : A t jny -stroke —and count each brake gr.ntle foe. And though she said it was a sm To heat her—l ceuld al wava win, Up bear such-pretty blame ; And still, while winning strokes I made, It seemed to me as if I played Ay-ery losing, game. There’s kudos in the rattling strokes Yourrpake amid a fire of jokes From chaffing fellow-men And.yet when.-beauty turns away, AndVopts fit vonf more skilfiil play, You’vepther feelings then. Noc“-hazard” that .my cunning cue, "With .all'my greatest rare could do, <*fluko” might r get, j , Could" ever, equal that Tran J'*'' *" In playing—miserable man!- ■ - ■ With 1 such a flirting pet. And though Host such heaps of gloves. In betting wit hjier—when one loves Such losing bets are blest. 7 And since she teased me night and day, ! • I Only -gfet at billiard play;f :i V ' f ! - ' Tbeydianee® ofad'rest.’V ?£.7 ■:■ ' The " canhon”.on the. table green W^to% < Cffndh i borae‘, Tween, ■‘" ? i*' Who’ll tie me to a wife ; And she with backers not a few, - Will nnietlv put on the “ screw,” Andl"T^k e £V me for life !;;