AN OLD MAID'S QUERY.
Long years ago there lived a man, A learned man. they say— So learned that his memory Has lived until to dav.
He'd studied all the sciences And mastered every art. Except the art of capturing A lovely woman's heart.
And so a lonely bachelor He lived, and so be died ; And Charon ferried him across Tire Styx’s inky tide.
And now the question must arise. From countless lips let fall ; Although he knew so much, was he A wise man. after all ’
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 17, 23 April 1892, Page 433
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87AN OLD MAID'S QUERY. New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 17, 23 April 1892, Page 433
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