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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 15, Issue 759, 7 February 1870, Page 4

Select Poetry.

TEE GRAVE IN TEE FAR WEST. A lonely spot, and a lonely grave On the bank of the beautiful river, Where willows droop and aspens wave, And their shadows.across it quiver. Jfp sculptured marble to tell the name Of the sleeper who rests below ; Or to say that a traveller, unknown to fame, Was buried here long ago. Only a smooth and grassy mound By the side of the beautiful river, And a rough gray stoue with mosses crowned, Where the scattered sunbeams quiver, To tell of the glad young life that beat In the silent breast below ; And the high hopes quenched by the arrow fleet From the treacherous red man's bow. Only these the hunter's tale to tell, Who found him beside the river, And saw from him his life-blood well, While his spirit sought its Giver. Only these to say that with reverent tread They buried him 'neath the willow, And placed the stone above his head That had been his dying pillowOnly these, to speak of the mother's woe, Too deep for words to measure, Whose boy was laid here so long ago— Her lone heart's only treasure.