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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 15 June 1907, Page 3

UNKNOWN.

THE WANDERER'S RBI I return to thee, niy home, i) land- - I % bosom Bwells with raptofi pride, As once more I behold thy' l fair, A As when I played and round thy side. si the waves they seem to welooittf turn, _ .| 'J'hey smiUS" and ripple on ill shore. : 1M My heart with retribution J burn, iB And vow lrom theo I'll part#! morej_ • -* Tho flowers thoir heads theV nod at me, ,} And forward sways the languid fern; • ;¥J All Nature wrapt In loveliness i As with delight to woloonw'S turn. .a 'I The trees in vernal brljjhfjMM' decked, J there bow'rs are swaying wit the wind, _ How oft beneath thy shadw.l for play, ' [ sat and pondered long with "J mind. . 31 1 Bee »y home amidst tbel'l vine, ,} <* No change In thee appears-Mfl layed j With sparing hand, as thongi repine To see thy pillars enimblfol cayed. The gurden-ahl alas, thatl grown y O'erspread with Weeds—that'flj my pride; .J The owl from out her lone ntei mean— As though with me her lomti confide. ■ > ® 1 sorted with trembling gate, , • d And my swoet Wt3m Alight with such warm Care ™ •Should plant his touch upon (J grace. . , 3 I see my brother's .mlrf round, ™ Rejoiced to have me once m<M midst; J % sister runs with iraprwulja To greet the wimder'r with kiss. ,-~5

The change—the all stand alone— My loved ones all have left th£ nest, ''■j 1 w»!'I that I, like thee, ra above 'rsg To higher realms, «nd fra rest. -Mrs Adolph o| New Plymouth. J