Elegy In Memory of Ngarimu, V.C.
NN Tuesday, March 14, at 8.0 p.m., the NBS String Orchestra and chorus will present an "Elegy to celebrate ‘Moana-Nui-A-Kiwa’ Negarimu, V.C." which has been written by Mrs. Dorothy Baddeley, with music by the Rev. F. R. Rawle. It has been arranged for mixed voices and orchestra by Thomas Gray. Harry Ellwood will conduct the orchestra and Leela Bloy will be leader, with Clement Howe as chorus-master. Here are the words of the "Elegy," by Mrs. Baddeley: * A METEOR streaked across the sky, and fell in blazing flame, When the Immortal Torch of Négarimu lit up the Maori Name; He fell, alas! on the Mareth line. He fell, alas! on the Mareth line. Alas! Alas! Alas! Alas! But his Spirit roameth, roameth, but his Spirit roameth free And the Saga of his peerless deeds have reached from sea to sea. In the whares of Jerusalem there is mourning and great pride, For the man they knew and loved so well, and for the way he died. There was no need of shriving for him, for him whose Torch burns on, The Living Torch of Négarimu transfigures Io’s son. The Bird of War will weary yet, and fold his sable wings, And men shall talk of deathless deeds and of immortal things. And fearless sons of fearless sires will hear with glistening eyes How Ngarimu lives on, lives on in Death: for Valour never dies.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 10, Issue 246, 10 March 1944, Page 21
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240Elegy In Memory of Ngarimu, V.C. New Zealand Listener, Volume 10, Issue 246, 10 March 1944, Page 21
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