THE NEW ZEALAND UNKNOW.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 29, 17 February 1863, Page 2

THE NEW ZEALAND UNKNOW.

(From Lloyd's Lnn&bn JVintipf Be Th* following address- has been ftS!S> "?*' Governor Sir George Grey to- the^w^ A 1 castle for transmission to her Majesf^tiun " Oh, Victoria, our Mother <~We|«§feh t Ton, who are all that now remains Ss|L j our recollection Albert, the Prince Cgflf can never again be g,i zed upon by tteg j We, your .Maori. children, are najgra %* sorrow together with yoUnCvep^witi^'w. ■■ like to yours; 'AU we can n^^ ; do^S?? together with y;>u. Oh, our gb6d!qpFr „ hast nourished us, your Ignorant jwtftg 0 this island-even to this day !•• ?*i™ - We have just heard the. crash olJjjM . headed forest tree which has- untirieSß - "'. ere it had attained its full growth ofkffi"? ' Oh, -good lady, pray, look with . fai«ss — ~ love'. Althousjhwe may have ' beis?J E^ I children, we hayje,eyer.lpved you. ,!83!j& a P This our lament.' • • '' 1 I |gf> J c ■Great isahe pain which preys oßK£y o r> loss of my> beloved. . .. f^ l6;."---;Ah, yo.u-vriU now lie buried smostlf liii departed kings. jSJto/ s ?^ They will leave you with the oth^f il ' ia heroes of the land,.., „. e $«* bu With the dead of tbe'tr'ib'etf 'of m& l se ' of'KMani. - f*»»t o Go fearless, then, O Pango, my bsfejf 11 ? \ path of death 5 for no evil slanderi^™ 6 * yon. . in " ! Oh, roy veryheart ! Thou didst MP hu; ffom the sorrows and ills of life. ' ffi| et fo Oh, rhy pet bird, whose siveetVoifp* T OI my glad guests! ,: 11& kpe Oh, my noble pet bird, caught in*# s^ of Jlapatira ! fe| lttle Let.-then, .the body of my belovcdf?»t •■« with royal purple robes l' ' '■ : Pgihew Let r it be covered \yvth all-rate Tobljp!*" 9 * The great Rewa, my faeloTed, s^^- n e' bind these round the»«. ;!P' t T an .' And my ear-ring of precious jaipMs^tf hung in thy ear. W3 < For oh, fny most precious jewel, fi^SWMi 1 lost to me ! 'flS'f- 111 \es, thoti, the jjiillar that didst 0?*? S palace, has been borne to the skies- SS?^'^ Oh, my beloved, you used to Jts^ <n^ very prowr oftherw.ir-cartoe, 1 ineirift?!^ mifi to.pqble deeds.' Yes, "in thy lifetira<^S. e « Jn[ great. ' ' ■ 'j» »<*« And now thou h*st departed to^p^ ' where even all themisrhty must atUwgT 8 "^ Where, oh physicians, was the po?# thß ' remedies? ,'•_■■ \\".. '■' { ' <." %£z What, oh priestß, availed your pf^P o^ For I have lost my love ; lio moreff? 11^ 8^ visit this world." iS^t he •'■ :■-■■-■■_ _____ L __^ ->"»* ion