OUR HERITAGE.
—D.L.P.
Beneath the shadow of the mighty trees In Tanes’ holy woods, we stand and gaze In silent awe, when, stirred by evening breeze, The forest children dance on sunlit days. For who can paint the beauty of the scene? The rimu’s grace? the flaming ratas red? The feath’ry ferns? the magic hush serene? The brooding spirit by the silent shed? Now, “Tanes’ flapping children” wake and sing, And through the forest’s green and leafy aisles The bellbirds’ chimes and tuis’ voices ring, Till all the sylvan world seems wreathed in smiles. To setting sun the robins’ vesper hymn Peals forth and blends with warblers’ fairy trill, While fantails flutter through the forest dim, Till dusky shadows creep across the hill.
In such a scene there often comes to me The thought of what we owe the coming age : The sense of deep responsibility To keep intact our glorious heritage. That we may hand it on without a scath To those who follow us in these fair lands, When comes the time for us who’ve kept the faith To pass the blazing torch to other hands.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 22, 1 October 1930, Page 5
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188OUR HERITAGE. Forest and Bird, Issue 22, 1 October 1930, Page 5
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