<h2><SPAN name="page3"></SPAN><span class="pagenum"></span>LOVE’S MIRAGE</h2>
<p class="poetry">Midway upon the route, he paused athirst<br/>
And suddenly across the wastes of heat,<br/>
He saw cool waters gleaming, and a sweet<br/>
Green oasis upon his vision burst.<br/>
A tender dream, long in his bosom nursed,<br/>
Spread love’s illusive verdure for his
feet;<br/>
The barren sands changed into golden wheat;<br/>
The way grew glad that late had seemed accursed.</p>
<p class="poetry">She shone, the woman wonder, on his soul;<br/>
The garden spot, for which men toil and wait;<br/>
The house of rest, that is each
heart’s demand;<br/>
But when, at last, he reached the gleaming goal,<br/>
He found, oh, cruel irony of fate,<br/>
But desert sun upon the desert
sand.</p>
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