MAN PASSED THIS WAY.
—Geraldine Baylis.
The hills. Having nursed their charge through anxious days, Stretched green fingers to the sun And basked in the midday haze. Below them lay the plain, Fed from an ample bosom when it thirsted, Sheltered from the winds their slopes withstood And nourished by their fertile mould. At work, well done, they smiled And the trees, who gave the work success, Received that smile unto themselves. A man Looked unto the hills and saw Not the source from which his harvest came, But hills and trees whose massive boles Betokened riches for the taking. Came the axe and desecration. Followed the rains and in their train Flood waters swept the valley clear. Meanwhile the hills, denuded of their life, Collapsed in a mass of mire, and brought Ruin where they loved so well.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 50, 1 November 1938, Page 13
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139MAN PASSED THIS WAY. Forest and Bird, Issue 50, 1 November 1938, Page 13
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