THE MINISTREL,
10 IHJE FAIR AI\D LOVELY DAUGHTERS L «_ OF WAIKAIO.
-Dedicated with prcfound respect to Capt. Becre, U, t _ Poet Laureate of Waikaio.
\ova verse is weak and Inme, dear Bco'-e ; Yft have not jiraiecd them as ye ought to ; Ye did scant ju.i ice to (l the fair And lovely daughters of Waikato. You call them "ro;el;uds," fie, forsooth, I call tho dear* the roses otto, Etsence ot lovelnuss mid truth, These lovely daughters of Waikato. Who at a shirt enn them surpass, Cut out a dress, or tuni a hat, too ; Haid would it be to find a lass Could match llw daughters of Waikaio. rll.cr Il.c cows stand dreamy-cy'd tlio wh le, Contentedly thtir tails they il,ip, \oo ; While bulging o'er the foaming pail tit the iair daughtug of Wdikato. Wcbt are the homes that gavo you birlh, 'Ihrite blest the parents who hegat yo'uj And happiest of oil men on earth Your §\\unii>, fuir daughtora of Wail>alo. ''Iheic arc two thinns niort dear to me : A B>l,an bower, or cliaiming grctto j oL ! jnoat bliesJul ecsiiio, Jl lOTch daUChUr L,f Wuiki'iln
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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 623, 18 May 1876, Page 3
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186THE MINISTREL, Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 623, 18 May 1876, Page 3
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