VANITY OF VANITIES.
He wrote his name On the sands of fame And dreamed ’twould perish never ; But time's gray wave These shores did lave, And the name was gone forever With tender smile She bound awhile Young love in a fetter of flowers ; But e’en as she dreamed He was true as he seemed, He had flown to rosier bowers. Now youth and maid, In the churchyard laid, Know neither of love nor glory ; But many a youth And maid, in sooth, Tell over and over the story.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIV, Issue VIII, 23 February 1895, Page 172
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89VANITY OF VANITIES. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIV, Issue VIII, 23 February 1895, Page 172
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