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The Old Bachelor

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Parent Issue
Day
26
Month
March
Year
1875
Copyright
Public Domain
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BUent he Bite in Uta easy h.'ur. At iüe cloae of the Wmttr h day , Hia gaze I ftxed uu the ttiokeHng BK, Tlic oul fanu house on tbc uilOf f a Ui, r. and mooier, and tot dcarVud wlth tiirs hls dun eyw aa ; For tlioy aro aslcep iu the ckufohyaM no,v. "thUfctbobesthomay, WiÖ isonc to oafl h'.s own. Ht secB iu liin pasión a maiden faifi With cvra of heavenly bine, With goWan htix, mul a Nviumnf; Krace, And heart botti amo and true. Fond mpm'ry ïecall-i tlic Bhadowy post, And ïlo Beems to live agaiu In th tenSr lance of Ser deep bluo eyes, The happiest man of men. Hut alas tor the AortneM of earthiy bllss! Death claimed her for h tarid. And, when aho paesed to the Botter Land, Hi hcart within him died. Bereft of all tliat h' eouI held (lear, Of kindrril Rlld oí love, He ouly mita Qod'B mesBengot To snmnion him abovi-. Hia neighbora rail him ltrn ana colrt, And laugh at his lonely lif o ; Anl the ïut'rry jirls Wlth wonder aníí, Why ho nev'er takes a wife. AJl ! little they know Of his early lovo, And ot her, bis promifcd bride ; And little they know, when her life went oüt, How hiB heart within him die-'.. The woria may twt him with laugh r.d ncorn, He heedB nol tUS cmel jent ; He knove tliat the ahafta of ndicnle Are nuncd at the pureft and best. Alono he plods on hia woary way, Tor he uever can lovc agun ; ïhere are no blue cyen wh.s? tender lanue Cao mate him the proudent of men. Rilent he sits in his eacy chai'-. At the cloae of Wintefi tlaj : Hia gazc is ftxd On tho fiickering ftr?, And bit üioughts are far away.

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Old News
Michigan Argus