ON THE DESTRUCTION OF PARITUTU.
Arrayed in a mantle of darkness, it stands on a sea girt shore. Resisting the rise jxnd fall of tides, and the mighty oceans roar, Its statue of rugged beauty, its story of untold fame To the wanderer’s eye a landmark, say: Friend can you guess the name. Unmoved, and calm, in ages past, beside the angry deep, Witl: the siren call, and cannon ball, did its lonely vigil keep. When chiefs arose in power, to crush the white man's stand, Ah! sad, was then the story they told on sea and land. Still there in peace and glory, Britannia like it stands. To the travellers eye ’tis history, they tell in many lands; To the dreamers eye 'tis mystic, and ever shall It be inspiration wafted' o'er the mighty sea.
Now fmnd my story’s ended, as its day will soon be cfone. And only a heap of ruins will greet the setting sun, But many an eye will soften wten they bid a last adieux— TO OLD PARITL’TU Cycias, Inglewood, May 19, 1921.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 May 1921, Page 8
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179ON THE DESTRUCTION OF PARITUTU. Taranaki Daily News, 24 May 1921, Page 8
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