TO EGMONT.
Old Eg-mont. clothed in robes of snow. Looks down in pride on all below ■Looks down on fertile field and 'plain, Looks down in sunshine and in rain, And rears that lofty crown on high, T hat ever points towards the sky,' "lis there the sun's first beaming ray That ushers in the coming day Is east, and there as day draws to a
close His last faint dying beams repose, And oe'r thy top great cloud mists sweep And down thy sides great shadows
creep; Thus Egmont may you ever stand A vision fair supreme and grand, And never in thine anger rise To darken all our sunny skies, For long ago 'tis understood Thou woke in angry warlike mood And from thy top great flumes ontleapt And down thy sides the lava crept A fiery devastating tide (>n jill around for far and wide. That must have 'ljeen a wondrous sight That turned the darkness into light " And buried all beneath a pall Of ashes thick and dark as night. And yet, methinks, I would not care A vision of that sight to share, But rather gaze upon then now. With snow and sunshine on thy brow. Thus Egmont may you ever stand— A vision fair, supreme and grand, A mouument not made by hand. —C.M. Mangorei, 14/11/14.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 148, 17 November 1914, Page 6
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222TO EGMONT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 148, 17 November 1914, Page 6
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