THEN AND NOW.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume V, Issue 48, 29 November 1890, Page 6

THEN AND NOW.

I saw the spot where once we met, Which I for aye so well shall know ; Which I ? Perchance you may forget Those evenings of the long ago. But river-side Ami landscape wide Were just as when I loved you so. The same, and yet not all the same ; Like features of some dear one demi, The same, but gone life's rosy flame, And, ah ’. the soul hath fled.

And still, within the little creek. Lay moored the boat we used to row ; There, on the hill, the cattle meek Yet wooed the dusk with dreamy low, Whilst in the stream The sun did gleam Like some vain maiden, loth to go. The same, and yet not all the same ; Like features of some dear one dead, The same, but gone life's rosy flame, And, ah ! the soul hath fled.