A Jubilee Ode After Walt Whitman

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 7, 2 July 1887, Page 4

A Jubilee Ode After Walt Whitman

J To be Enclosed'en a Qasket of l^ATiyi Woods, a PRESENT'iSoMTHEDuiifEj- '""".'. din Town UousoiL- to Her ;MAJ"ESTYi. 9i».-. —.-". ■. ■'>'■ ij >-•=■ '-■>"* '■; : ! iS: i-'Hail, augiistdame'!'• '. . | Hailj wearer'of the triple crown !; s —Hail, empress of all zones, arbitresg ii au• of nations?!fatesl as well 'as mist a-J l-a; i ' fa-e'ssi. of;; tKy : own. j household;, 3 piiuCely;Chatelaxne of Windsor, Buckingham Palace, Balmoral, ■ jj'.'j^.j- r..,(. .;Qsborne» ...; .. ,' • ;.r. : |- ■•- ! /,.'' JEaiL-'.mfe,,'widow,,-.mother, grandf J" " dame, Rister, cdiisin, aunt', Queen Z Hail, sanctifierof allthedomestacitiesi! 7 ,; , '„-'. Zealandiabidsthpehail! ! ,-• ■ '';2eatandia thy youngest childbut onel '"T ;!'Zeaiandia bids thee hail! : [ o'\;i:m .TT, -zealan^m!., .[ :. ','';. T.; I •tWWr« : dun and" dusfey dartness dims 1 the " "low-browed hills, ~ ;"" .^WiePe the toi-toi's tos&ing tassels- twinklf iio-ir ,to>;'tbe trembKn^-: trills'!df tensiof i!!/ijj;^notisands of tiiikhrig tuw;' ,*■•■ - '■* '■l 1 'fyi&to 'the; 'full-fleebed' from foil: tnlitte 1 dferfey-' 1 thousandl;' ifolds^ feed- on the fragrant fells, ; | J c"\^&§ie rthe' pK)iTnium .Jfafiaak^Ttoot, :rimii| .v ;h utctesock, 1 • mariu(Ka>' scrub^' and other ■.-:-.•-> dicotyledons andfmonocotyledons veij 8! , Ttlie'Valfeyßwitbverdrrre, '■'■ . ■ j o^Wherel the f;silv.er:( fern., waves its gr^n -inJj overtthe dusky twilight re r Liul ;V cesses of the r foresli,; :; ■'■■.:' • : • j F/fßEtese ddielnutr'browji 'child of ithe; :sun cooks his kumaras in the chalybeatp cjauldrons of nature, /Where Mount Cook lifts his head into the jii t'ilieaVens? crowned with the frozen fcifMij/iloods of rendlessfflons— . .; - ; -tiiY .o'> Liiii gJßtLMiidifl. bids the hail! | Illustrious dame! . .;. : ■ • -^How-shall we honour thee? : 02 I .ir^hattokensend thee of loyalfy and -<>]f.;:'; ->;:, Hi ■••. " ;/::■• r povef 2-i ■■> ft ■;•..'.'. We will give thee of our fairest;! •li < >;o. >•: We will give thee of bur rarest;! oi-i .;.; •• And what have we of fair ?! "v -■: ( ' - • . •..•-' And-what have we of rare f •• .. ;..• . . - Not. gold, that's low; I U'L. .'.'■'■ Not gold, oh no! i -'•'-.v; '■"_ Besideswehavenonetosparie ■tifWiltthou have a trusty'kuignt to man*.\u\ .'agethy"finances? ' } ■ ■ t^We'Willgive-back: to theehim of thy own ■:\ ■ ; ■_.ibieation, our ■' inestimable Yogel, jewel of Treasurers, conjurer qf — minus out of plus. j -fiLovestithbu a wise counsellor of soft, per,cL'" cJsuajsiy.e accents, a; aaanna-dropping .;,.. vj ■ tongue, a ; well oi English - undefiled, f.j," r, armed m,the triple ste^l ..',... pf His own integrity ?; ,~, „ \ We will 'fieiid: the chiefest darling of out t Jif •''Council, the -): | '<■-• lib Vest thbu:poetsand statuary ? We will c-xvri send; the a statue of. Burns, done in .noiJi<J^ltffiso» half; paid for, and debit thee with th^ balance. • « ! _ liiivitit j&oij._a pageant—artistic beauty-f---\t the .aanuous many-colqured grace of ' processional pomp — the poetry <^i form, hue, "movement — the linked zj'-'-'-V. We^tness of ecstatio music ? j t^We'will s^nd thee odr evangelist of movec;;;i'Y;ment,^cblbur, motion. ; These, be ;our fairest j .ZOc'.^i'Tt , r,-These he our rarest. ; *. "_ \ Command: though our heai't-strings £1 I ?■ r J [crack, ' We send'them by the-^rsi boat back. . - O Lady of three Thrones, I oilrno ,t •■'-iymelayine! :i: „ „. j •i'Not fdi^us! are visions of a palace of art|; «itNofidf-^UB;a«e vistas 1 of local masterpieces, ni iiY/csopfesf;X)f:.the, (oldfjnastersi rows of Greek statues in plasterrpf-paris; v^p^ fjpr T.psj are convalescent homes; \ for us to' Contribute to the Imperial Institute— t We harve hot' the cashv ■:- • l: • Soy-ereigu lady-^of lthe; sea?, we will plant .or>ifi VAhu-ssta ;oak, It will >p cad gigantic arms when thou . ii aiill gatK.wed'-to the fiueljihs. ■ ; Under its umbrageous dome the larrikin (an iu4i! !SS?<k)isibird);will'_sport" > and pla3 r and carol with his mate. ' r Lady be happj in :the selfrSacnfice of thy ''■' -jDun'ediirsubjecfts. O gracious lady hail to thee, -ii"T--.! ".'■■ (jFreat Empress over land and sea! ■ I ■■'■■ Like loving lieges welcome we Thy Jubilee, thy Jubilee ! —Otago Daily Tm.ea. • :■■':*-Bul-hiii.Tail a '* M'Qhick^ complefe iv <», 11 -rinnoi ng Itvdriy,.! lnd' er. and Airi ry d se '■ w»s.; .'t Ch'-niit- »md l)iu_g.Ai.s. KempVhoi•• c, Pr.»sser, & 'Jo , A^ -, Wtl ii ton.—Advt.