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Show AHOLD MAN'S DREAM. Ab, child, I watch you with' tho firelight's Klnuin Lighting tho beauties of your goldcu hnlr, NcstllnR within tho plorlon of your eyes, And klBfttnfc tendorly your checks so fair, Your bright young llfo Is strotclilnR on bo-fore, bo-fore, Whilst all niy youth Is In tho far away; I dream but or tlio tlmo to como no inure. Whilst you huva hardly ventured Into day! And yot I love you with a tovo as pure As oror found Its birth In human breast, I lovo you with a lovo that will endure And hold you oror si its first and bcit. How I havo watched, as ono would do a flow'r, Your many charms, my darling, soft unfold, un-fold, Longing to shelter you thro' storm and show'r i Hut you are young, my dear, and I am old. It would not do to place your slender hand Within mine own, save for a llttlo space; It would not do for you and me to stand Hoforo the altar In Uod's sacred pluco. Another ono will como and woo and win -A lover with a youth as bright as thlno And I will kcop my envious thoughts within, with-in, And pray that you may taste love's Joys dfvlno. May and Docembor are not mado to wed, Spring's suu and winter's snow cannovor moot God bloss thool there is no mora to be sold . And keep tho fair and puro for him, my ' sweet I Dream In tho ilrollght, t am watching nonr, Wenvo all your tondorfnnclcs o'er again; May all llfo's liupplno.is bo yours, my dour, Only for mo the solitude and pain I Alt tho Year Hound. |