THE RIVER’S VINDICATION..
— F. W. Nash.
“It’s true I’ve gone on the war path, I’ve smitten your cities and homes, I’ve cracked the walls of your stately halls, I’ve threatened your spires and domes. I’ve spoiled your gardens and orchards, I’ve carried your bridges away, The loss is told in millions of gold; The indemnity you must pay. But had I not cause for anger ? Was it not time to rebel? Go, ask of the springs that feed me; Their rock-ribbed heights can tell. Go to my mountain cradle, Go to my home and see, Look on my ruined forests And note what ye did to me. These were my sylvan bowers, My beds of bracken and fern, The spots where I lie and rest me Ere to your valleys I turn. These you have plundered and wasted, You’ve chopped and burned and scarred, • Till my home is left of verdure bereft, ' Bare and lifeless and charred. So I have gone on the warpath I’ve harried your lands with glee. Restore with care my woodlands fair And I’ll peacefully flow to the sea.”
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Forest and Bird, Issue 21, 1 July 1930, Page 12
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183THE RIVER’S VINDICATION.. Forest and Bird, Issue 21, 1 July 1930, Page 12
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