TAIAROA.
(By Lopeno Allama, in tho “ Otago Witress.”) One more lint is broken: Dimmer grows the past: Beoords of the ages Close around us fast. Father after father Passes from the soene, Notables and heroes, Named as -‘who have been. Chapter after chapter Of recorded doeds Hearts and hands have nurtured, Fruits from tended seeds — Close with startling “ finis,” Suddenly, bewailed; Leaving minds bewildered, As when lights have failod. So has passed Taiaroa, Pushing farther back Children of the whare, Warriors of the track; Clouding up the story Of the ancient dayß, Folding them more darkly In the misty haze. With his fathers sleeping Where the tribal name Lives In splend d lustre In the niche of fame ; Ne’er to be forgotten, , Ever to be sung, Shall that name be cherished By both old and young.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1537, 19 August 1905, Page 4
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136TAIAROA. Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1537, 19 August 1905, Page 4
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