CHURCHLY REFLECTIONS.
From her summer trip she had just returned, And to church she went that autumn day ; She thought of the offers she had spurned, The lessons she had taught—and learned— And the sermon was lost while thought held sway.
And her neighbours noticed her pensive air, And looked in vain for the mystic ring, While a spinster, neither young nor fair, Whispered, ‘ Poor creature, she has to wear, The same old bonnet she wore last spring.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 30, 25 July 1891, Page 212
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78CHURCHLY REFLECTIONS. New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 30, 25 July 1891, Page 212
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