ORIGINAL VERSES.
Sweet Ura was the choicest girl That .Nature’s arts did e’er unfurl, The rarest gem, the brightest'pearl With diamonds overlaid. But fires destroy the sweetest grass And life must bow to fate, alas! And maids must come, and maids • must pass ' % „ Within the 'drooping shado. And so, dejected and forlorn, I watch, amidst the waving corn, Where Ura played. When first I heard sweet Ura sing My heart was held in fairy-ring And joy was queen, and Cupid ‘king Above the wild alcove. But buds must burst and blooms extend, : And lightning falls, and clouds ascend ; And maids must come, and maids must wend Within tin- mystic grove: And so, o’crwhelnicd with ’wildering cares 1 wait upon, the lla.veu squares Which Uni wove. t\ hen last J. saw the dusky queen Her smiles were sweet., her glances keen. A bonnier maiden ne’er was seen. Adown the mountain side. But seas must ebb, and rivers flow; And rains must fall and breezes blow; And maids must come, and maids must go Beyond the border-side: And so. enwrapped in. deepest gloom 1 wander by the silent tomb, Or weep within the shady room Where Ura died.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2407, 23 January 1909, Page 10 (Supplement)
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196ORIGINAL VERSES. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2407, 23 January 1909, Page 10 (Supplement)
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