LOVE IN ABSENCE.
The lamp is lit, the fire glows red, The storm roars over the roof ; I am weary of weaving the drowsihead Of thought into warp and woof. The music lies in the yellow light, I finger the ivory keys ; But the charm—the charm is tied to night < If melody wont to please. I turn the pages of sweet Scot’s song, But it is not sung by me : These airs to a gentler voice belong ; Each page has a memory. Books hold me not; at last I rise. For the lines but fade from view ; I am haunted—by splendour of shining eyes, And my heart, sweetheart ! is with you.
George Eyre-Todd.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 39, 26 September 1891, Page 409
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113LOVE IN ABSENCE. New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 39, 26 September 1891, Page 409
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