Original Poetry.

Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2280, 27 August 1870, Page 2

Original Poetry.

DUNEDIN. The following lines were suggested by the perusal of the beautifully touching, and emi; neatly truthful, verses which appeared in the Evening Star of 25th iust. Dunedin, 0 Duqediu I How detestable art thou ; Thy fi.thy mud impedes my steps As on thy paths I plough. Glance down thy leading thoroughfaieS Far as the eye can reach Slush and slime are blending, Like pea soup in the streets. Slipping and sliding Old Identities go gliding Along the ways so slippy Of Dunedin, cDanly city, Dunedin, 0 Dunedin ! Beneath thy foggy sky Thy chubby children kneading The much beloved mud pie. ' I’ve wandered through the colonies ‘Mid scenes both rich and rare, But in mud and filth and nastiness Thou art rich beyond compare. § Sliding and slipping, Young Identities go tripping A'ong the paths so slippy Of Dunedin’s charming city. Dunedin, 0 Dunedin ! . Land of beauteous dams ils fair With bright bine eyes, and rosy lips And Shetland pony hair. Diinedin, 0 Dunedin! Land of rivers, mountains, fogs, j One spot on earth can equal thee, It is the Isle of Dogs. Quaomike.