A FRAGMENT.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 318, 21 November 1888, Page 6

A FRAGMENT.

I ;>ing of a land, of a wonderful land. Which Beauty has blest with her brightest array, Wheic Nature to Artifice tenders the hand. To clothe the glad Isle with their magical sway. I climbed the green side of a grass-covered lull. Not dreaming what splendouis ray walk would requite ; Spellbound with enchantment my spirit stood still Enraptured with feelings of fervent delight. The fair smiling Ocean before me unrolled A brilliant expanse of a beautiful blue. O'er which the bright sunlight in sparkles of gold And ripples of lightning its radiance threw. The breeze o'er the harbour blew healthful and sweet, The odours of hawthorn were soothingly spread, The grass gemmed with daisies was under mj' feet, And the blue vault of heaven hung over my head. Oh, why should a curse on this country remain ? GrO search through itb records ; their writings, \t true. Will teJl ot the valley, the woodland and plain, Denied to the many, usurped by the few. Go crumble the clasp of Monopoly's band. Redeem irom its thraldom the God-given soil ; The wealth of a nation should flow from its land. >> ewarding the efforts of diligent toil. Charles B. Hakvie. Auckland, November 12th, 1888.