SONG OF A NATIVE FEMALE WHO IS SAID TO HAVE THROWN HERSELF HEADLONG OVER A CLIFF.
Thou glowing sun that sinkest in the horizon O linger for a while to light my exit hence. Twere well to he afflicted by the gods. With some dread malady to hasten death, To hasten my departure from the world. 1 feel my anger rise against a busy multitude. For all the secrets of my breast, the tongue, The evil tongue proclaims. And am I of more nolo than Parihi Whose fame has reached us from (he southern lands ? They tell me thai Tahctaho is beautiful To look upon ;—I cannot see her now. But far above them all is heard The fame of youthful Pokai, who liko The burning sulplier mounts aloft Defying every effort to suppress it; while (ho Henowned Moelara in (he South looks on Aud listens. And now my doom is fixed ; My sight grows dim ;—and lo 1 sink,—l die.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume IV, Issue 103, 2 December 1852, Page 2 (Supplement)
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161SONG OF A NATIVE FEMALE WHO IS SAID TO HAVE THROWN HERSELF HEADLONG OVER A CLIFF. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume IV, Issue 103, 2 December 1852, Page 2 (Supplement)
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