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Auckland Times, Volume 3, Issue 131, 12 July 1845, Page 4

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THE VIRGIN. Mother ! whose virgin bosom was uncrmt With tlie least shade of thought to sin allied ; Woi!ian ! above all women glorified, Ocr tainted nature's solitary boast 5 Psuer than foam on central ocean tost l Brighter than eastern skies at daybreak strewn Wish fancied rose , 'han the unblemish.d noon Before her wane begins on Heaven’s blue coast; 'l by image falls to earth Yet some, I ween, Not nnforgiven the suppliant knee ni ghf bend, As to a risible Power, in which did oletirj All that was raised and reconciled in Ibee Of mother’s iove wiih maiden purity. Of high with low. celestial with terrene ! Wjfiosw. axHt,

J iie lapse of Time and Bivers is the same, Bojjgfe rrpeed their journey with a restless stream ? 1/fIC silent pace, with which they steal away, wealth csu bribe, no prayer* persuade to stay; Alike irrevocable both when past, on I a wide ocean swallows both at fast ; » hough each resemble each in every part, A difference strikes at length the musing b?m • '>•>•••• • • .-ver flow io • ’lis.e strea.-.-s uhohi.J, iio » laughs the land with various plenty crowned ! But Time. >hat should enrich the nobler mind, Neglected leaves a dreary waste behind.

5« thlire oak, by some fair streamlet’s side Waves its broad arms, and spreads its leafy pride; Tow’rs from the earth, and rearing to the skies Its conscious strength, the tempest’s wrath defies; Sis ample branches shield the fowls of air, ‘I o its cool shades the panting herds repair. The treaeb’rooscurrent works its noiseless way, The fibres loosen, and the roots deoav ? Prostrate the beauteous min lies; and ail That shared its shelter, pea»h in its fall.