Original Poetry.
RONDEAU.
LOVE ONCE SAT A-SIGHING. Love once sat a-sighing, by a reedy brook— Near, a shepherd loiter'd, with his horn and crook— Love sought one to fasten with his flow’ry chain, Then to watch the chafing at the bonds in vain— Yet toward the shepherd, never would he look ! Sought the shepherd, sighing, ev’ry corn-field nook, Seeking one to love him and be loved again ; Yet was Love all wayward ; while the long reeds shook. Love once sat a-sighing ! Love ! enchant the shepherd, when the sickled hook Of the Queen Diana reaps the skyey’ plain, Where the corn all golden falls like summer rain— Still is love all wayward ; and like sage from book Cons what best does please him, near the corn in stook. Love once sat a-sighing. Christchurch.
J.C.A.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XV, Issue XI, 31 August 1895, Page 261
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133Original Poetry. RONDEAU. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XV, Issue XI, 31 August 1895, Page 261
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