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Rob Moorson.
right that Master Rob should have all the moralizing to himself . She also wished to impress it very deeply on the minds of her young female friends , that it Avas a most dangerous thing to give way to flirtation ; and she begged of them all , if they valued their OAVU happiness and that of others , to avoid it ; ancl , above all , she advised them , Avhatever they did , always to keep their tryst with the man Avhom they loved . Rose Cottage , Stokcsley .
Parted.
PARTED .
BY BRO . EiAiRA HOLMES . ( Written for the Masonic Magazine . ) AH me ! I remember the Sabbath bells pealing , And heard the clear echoes ' midst answering hills ;
The babbling brooks their presence revealing By rippling cascades , ancl musical rills . And there Avas one Avith me Avho loved the fair landscape , The grand rocky cliffs and the brave breezy doAvn ; "Who knew the bright colours and forms of the cloud-wraith ; Who Avooed the blest country , and hated the to > A n .
And little thought I when the rich blood was mounting , Suffusing her cheeks with a pure carmine glow , That the fingers of fate her short days were counting , And nature of health made a treacherous shoAV . We loved and Ave parted , our summer Avas OA ^ er ,
There only remained to us Avinter ' s fierce wind ; For fate Avas against us , and I , a gay rover , Wandered disconsolate , seeming unkind . And then I came back , and the deep bells Avere tolling For the bright English maiden I left in her youth ; And I found that Avhen oceans between us Avere rolling , Grim Death made her his , and I guessed at the truth .
For slander and calumny had come between us , They drove me aAvay , and they'd broken her heart ; And false-pride prevented Avhat Avould best beseem us , The kiss of forgiveness , and so Ave did part . Ancl this Avas the end of our gay Avalks together ,
Listening gladly to wild birds' soft songs ; Wandering foot-deep in rich purple heather , Little Ave dreamed of all our cruel Avrongs ! Oh ! maidens , bethink you , Avhen false friends discover-Some flaAV or some fault in the man you love best ; Trust not to their friendship , but trust him , your lover , Believe no ill of him , ancl leave all the rest .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Rob Moorson.
right that Master Rob should have all the moralizing to himself . She also wished to impress it very deeply on the minds of her young female friends , that it Avas a most dangerous thing to give way to flirtation ; and she begged of them all , if they valued their OAVU happiness and that of others , to avoid it ; ancl , above all , she advised them , Avhatever they did , always to keep their tryst with the man Avhom they loved . Rose Cottage , Stokcsley .
Parted.
PARTED .
BY BRO . EiAiRA HOLMES . ( Written for the Masonic Magazine . ) AH me ! I remember the Sabbath bells pealing , And heard the clear echoes ' midst answering hills ;
The babbling brooks their presence revealing By rippling cascades , ancl musical rills . And there Avas one Avith me Avho loved the fair landscape , The grand rocky cliffs and the brave breezy doAvn ; "Who knew the bright colours and forms of the cloud-wraith ; Who Avooed the blest country , and hated the to > A n .
And little thought I when the rich blood was mounting , Suffusing her cheeks with a pure carmine glow , That the fingers of fate her short days were counting , And nature of health made a treacherous shoAV . We loved and Ave parted , our summer Avas OA ^ er ,
There only remained to us Avinter ' s fierce wind ; For fate Avas against us , and I , a gay rover , Wandered disconsolate , seeming unkind . And then I came back , and the deep bells Avere tolling For the bright English maiden I left in her youth ; And I found that Avhen oceans between us Avere rolling , Grim Death made her his , and I guessed at the truth .
For slander and calumny had come between us , They drove me aAvay , and they'd broken her heart ; And false-pride prevented Avhat Avould best beseem us , The kiss of forgiveness , and so Ave did part . Ancl this Avas the end of our gay Avalks together ,
Listening gladly to wild birds' soft songs ; Wandering foot-deep in rich purple heather , Little Ave dreamed of all our cruel Avrongs ! Oh ! maidens , bethink you , Avhen false friends discover-Some flaAV or some fault in the man you love best ; Trust not to their friendship , but trust him , your lover , Believe no ill of him , ancl leave all the rest .