ORIGINAL POETRY.
SONG. HOURAKI BAY It lies upon our northern shore Hard by the locking Barrier Isles, Were Rangitoto's summits rise, Where fair Waiheki's forest smiles, It is a sight to glad the eyes Of emigrants from far away, They know their promised country lies Beyond the broad Houraki Bay, Where Waitemata's wavelets play, Beyond the broad Houraki Bay. Let others vaunt the stars and stripes, Or sing of green Tasmanian hills, Or where rich sands of Austral gold Flow ceaseless through auriferous rills, Better I love the healthful spot Where an eternal spring presides, Cool’d by a breeze which dieth not, Laved by an ocean's rapid tides, Where Waitemata's wavelets play, Beyond the broad Houraki Bay St. George. Auckland, March 15th, 1852.
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New Zealander, Volume 8, Issue 620, 24 March 1852, Page 3
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123ORIGINAL POETRY. New Zealander, Volume 8, Issue 620, 24 March 1852, Page 3
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