MY FOREST HOME.
■ .. v : j : . .; .-..’.’-.‘.t My forest heine I' thy%hd,w'-capp , d mounts • And%Vru^|iin^ i lbvb tp see; - Thy rapid strain' glbsajr lakes ‘ Inspiife iny childish glee. For in these heautiea I descry A soul-svatidhmg hope Mid charm Which:Bhall'beihi!i«nL-& temper’d To harm. T attest, " Tho'u.ever wit be dear to ine. - 0,0 *1 cave as fyqti Still, In' ’ A Aye, thrice excelling purest gold. The firat -Mt of the fl^». My forest home' Each frowning cliff, Oataraclj and rfp^lin^:>ri]], I now can view with' artist’s eye ; Their grandeur does my heart enthral Now for this I will hold thee dear, No matte? 'where my lot is cast; For this f U ever honor thee With fondest mem’ries of the past. My forest home I And when at length The last dread scene is drawing nigh, When times cold clammy handTshall press The fading senses dpt theeye, In that said hour when hJI abound Assumes the sable hues <sf'death, For thy welfare a prayer to heav’n FU breathe with last expiring breath
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Kumara Times, Issue 615, 17 September 1878, Page 2
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170MY FOREST HOME. Kumara Times, Issue 615, 17 September 1878, Page 2
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