LEAP YEAR FOREVER.
When men propose Each mortal knows, That all things go away, Eor lovers meek Oft fail to speak, Though maidens softly sigh
They make mistakes And cause heartbreaks In every walk of life They choose, and yet They often get The wrong one for a wife.
They lack the nerve That ought to serve In trying times like these ; And so, world o’er, One year in four The girls do as they please.
They have one year— The one just herein which to prove they’re * new ; When they may court, Like men disport, And do all men may do.
In days of old, As we’ve been told, This proved a pleasing plan ; But now, alas I It’s come to pass They’re rather crowding man
So it is plain With might and main To all these ' rights ’ they’ll cling, And leap year’ll be. As you shall see, A most unending thing.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue XI, 14 March 1896, Page 308
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153LEAP YEAR FOREVER. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue XI, 14 March 1896, Page 308
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