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    • A TRUE TRAGICOMEDY. TOLD IN A SERIES OF POETICAL EPISTLES.
    • JOLL Y GIRLS.
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      of the by passengers . Dover , the cliff . Troops paraded before the Castle . No . V . vius Extra . The -super brink -sensational of the . crater — Meeting . The of eruption the rivals . Strugg on Vesu le on - balloon the verge which . Vengeance is passing , and . escape of the innocent by Nadar ' s ,

      L^ Toberio, 1868j Tub Tomaha Wk. 151 ——

      l ^ toberio , 1868 J TUB TOMAHA WK . 151 ——

      A True Tragicomedy. Told In A Series Of Poetical Epistles.

      A TRUE TRAGICOMEDY . TOLD IN A SERIES OF POETICAL EPISTLES .

      Chapter X. From Willie To Florence. How ...

      Chapter X . From Willie to Florence . How The shall insane I move sense you of unjust , Florence self- ? reproach How dispel Which Where turns even your step home of kin to may an ascetic not encroach cell , ? True blameless ness—and you must know it

      well—To Doth alien not hands , like and jewelled pendant its lustre , burnished owe brooch , But shines , as conscience eyes is its friend or , foe . And Of in being your , sp conscience ite all misfortune , Florence , free , you fro are m blame ' ware . You And thoug shrunk ht you from mig making ht , by yielding selfishness , others your spare aim . , What guilt there have beendid not share ;

      So why now strive may you to absorb , you the blame 1 The world should bear the burden , but not you ; And if you bear it , I must bear it too . For more than ever now your life is mine ; You are to me more precious for your pain ;

      Bri More ghter tempting than ever to in pursue my eyes , more you rich shine to , gain . Experience hath made you more divine ; True For measurement you have thus of been mundane able to things attai , n and learn How mortals covet what immortals spurn . Never again will any own the power

      To make your now clear-seeing soul mistake The shallow shams and baubles of the hour For gifts which we may all eternal make ; Never Life's true with artificial flower ¦ For Will d now you you confound A know what M , or that is , what for this is not forsake , Avanity . , ^^ ^^ ^^ ^

      What is true joy , and what is sheer inanity . They But did ' twas seduce your you very , darling goodness , from made the you Good yield , . How should you dread their dark and dismal wood , Who yet had been so little far afield ? But Undo Undo I that now now journey that that its its would hurt hurt not mav , if swift swift I could be be , healed healed .. may

      Far other , , travel take with meand find Lands most unlike to that we , leave behind . JTor we will go where heaven-topped mountains lave Their feet in deep blue waters ; where the sky Cerulean Where Nature as its mirror entertainment is—the wave doth ; supply

      To Where Or ev sp ' ry dreams irit sense hunger , are and brig for the , ht that soul realities is noug not , ht nig and can h vision ; crave May ere their time be had of Fields Elysian . In such sweet scenes we shall forget that we Enj Have oyment ever shal live l d be , or changeful moved , or as loved the sea elsewhere , . And yet its presence permanent as the air , *

      Chapter X. From Willie To Florence. How ...

      Our Even thoughts Nature as than winds our or life waters be not shall more be fair free , ; The All love aspirations of Old , the of the Future heart ' s hopes and brain , sustain . j Shake A dream off your it was dismal you passed phantasies throug , and h— wake nothing . more . Why do obstinatelnurse the ache .

      you y , Oh Now ! I abjure that the you cruel , Florence noxious , for nig the htmare sake ' s o ' er ? Hark Of self to me , and write him to who me doth call that me to self adore side , If you still live , and pity , hath not died your . , ,

      Joll Y Girls.

      JOLL Y GIRLS .

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Oct. 10, 1868, page 151, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_10101868/page/3/