Tribute To A Friend

Fair Ollie has a heart of gold,
Which any man would be rich to win;
But alas, to me she's distant, cold;
But to love her not would be a sin.

The brightest star in yonder dome
Cannot outshine her eyes so blue;
Rich Croesus well might crown a home
With heart like hers, so tender, true.

The sun shines not on lovelier flower
Than this wild rose of western clime:
But my heart lies low in yon lover's bower^___
"Stranded on the shores of time."

^__Richard S. Dunbar.

Poets and Poetry of Kansas
Thomas B. Herringshaw
(Chicago: American Publishers Association. 1894)
Page 187