FOR THE LOVE OF APPIN

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4373, 13 February 1909, Page 1

FOR THE LOVE OF APPIN

Its no’ a desert fairly, it’s grand and young and fine : Here the sons o’ Anak might live an’ press the wine; But it’s 0 for hame an’ Appin ! The heather hills o’ Appin ! The thousand years o’ Appin where

the leal men lie !" Our face is set as stane, But we’ll thank the Lord again, Gang saftly a’ our days ; An’ wark shall be our praise. \ The bairns will tak a root By the mighty mountain foot; But we, we canna sever; It’s no for us whatever ; We hear nae earthly singing But it sets “ Loohaber ” ringing. An’ wr’ll never smile again I’ the sunlight or the rain Till our feet are on the lang last trail, The siller road to Appin, East awa’ to Appin, The siller road to Apn rinnm' a’ the way to God.

Jh'HU [ \CKAY. The wtiole of this exquisite poem appears in “ New Zealand Verse.” 1 Collected by 2 « Alexander a t d A. E. Currie.