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Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 82, 27 May 1902, Page 4

THE DRUDGES OF THE BUSH. Many hearts go out. in pity To the children of the city, To the young lives maimed and crippled in the city’s roar and rush ; But it isn’t vet the fashion To waste poems of compassion On the little white-slave drudges of the much be-lauded bush, Dragging on from day to day, With no time for rest or play, Sad-faced, sad-eyed little drudges are the • children of the bush. Much we talk of education, And of building up a nation Of strong hands and noble hearts, and of the glories yet to rise. Schools in plenty are provided, Where the young minds may be guided In the pleasant paths of knowledge, in the wisdom of the wise. But the little children weep—- “ Give us rest,” they say, “and sleep, For we cannot see our primers for the sleep within our eyes.” Through the land a voice is wailing, And in vain deaf ears assailing, Tis the sad cry of the children. Brothers, listen to it now : “ Have you sold us, soul and body, To the cow, and pig, and ‘poddy,’ Sold us over into| bondage to your gods, the swine and cowj? Have we. done ye aught amiss. That ye bring us forth for this, Just to give our young lives over to your deity—the cow ?” Ah, in vain the children’s pleading, For no ear their cry is heeding; Out at dawn the young slaves hasten to begin the toilsome day ; With dull brains where sleep still lingers, And with aching backs and fingers, In hot yards they sit and suffer, sit and toil and tug away. And the separator moans, As it grinds the flesh and bones Of the little, helpless children for whom no one thinks to pray. —“Glengariff” in Bulletin.

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