MELBOURNE EXHIBITION CANTATA.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 188, 11 August 1888, Page 1 (Supplement)

MELBOURNE EXHIBITION CANTATA.

(BvR E v.W.AIIe X .) / Pakt I-(lutioluction.) .. ',■;;!■ .:.:■'.w]acosiE:OT»yisiTOßsi v^ :;:. !?s ;/' ; ' Guostsbf this centennial year/;! .■■'' ;\'" i;t :/' '■:•: ,;'■ ■ '.' Brothers allj wo street you Uuco. You, wlo over distant seas v!^.; W-J<u'i,:. : ' -■:■ •,' Sailed to .our festivities}; : ,:, ;; •) ::i .■; .■ ' You allied in federal bands, \ Kindred states of Ausiral liuuh ' ' Heart and band we tii vo ti> Ml i At our opening freli<«,>, ■ , i Let the curved »r..brn ing Withthogrertiimamk'v^wir. 1 ■" ■■■■■' ■■.-■ . : ■ -1 ■ ■ . . ■ I'ABTH. AUBTHAI IA'S SOLITARY PAST. The reign of solitude o'er niloiiml I.UI, ',' Broad-breasted lake, iloo» rivw, lonyhfcr'll, O'cistnivuastPsotstilluu Mkfom uuul By whirr o£ wing, or note nl f i > me JinfJ, Or speech barbarir; (rum vvlicue Dice antif! (! The shuddering savagp turns in specrtiloss foar; Where fainting no-lure sinks dud swrtuiM away, Smit by tho summer sun's unkindUctiii ray. O'er ferny haunts, Whose mossy,hollows 4e«r> Th< liviOongycorthou fiultlessfowmlj Looji. O'er the primeval forest depths profound, ' Wherein is heard the wild birds'joyous sonnii. O'er leagues of wrathful wavea.wlthjsuHen aiar Tumultuous thundering ou'llio| rock-Vouna O'er. all lper'petual soliLude'doOi.bwod l Save where thosavage stalks in suaruli of food— A )and by civilisation1!! slrji untrotl, Alone with Nature und «iih Numio's >lurt. PAUTItI. FIHST STAGE IN TUB NATIONAL Itlß'l'OUV.-THB Solitude invaded bythepastprai, piohjw<(. Honour the pioneersStout of heart and strong of frame,;.:-;. u> Sturdy sons of Britain came. :,.,,.';, , Grappling hard with natural powers Turned the wilderness to flowers ;■ ■ Taught the sometime-barren field ... ->■.:■ , Nature's kindly fruits to yield,.,, ~!..,,,,: Now on lawny spaeesgreen , ...' ■ : Chestnut spotted kino are sficn, ■' ;' ; ' With the horseand patient ox : \--\. ■>:.■■ ■•'• And thofieooy coverpd.floekg;, - .;;;,::;' Cheerful humali'sp.eecK is heard , ; Mingling with the song:of bird. • '„ , And tlieunharmonious call. "■,'-■' ';' Of the tameless warriga). ,!.,.,.••!:,, Stout of heart and strong of frame, ,:■,. : .« Worthy of their. British name, These tlie men that set the tree Of Australian liberty. :-,,■: :,■ : < Honour the pioneers. ... , •' Part IV. SECOND STAGS IN THE-NATIONAL. HISTOIf7.— TUB DISCOVEKY ;OFiO6LD; AND ;THK EFFECTS: /. . FOLLOWING. .'■■'■ ■■ ■■ TSI 3 . :Saidofloia.the.miglity.Mas(ei;--; ; : ■ ;::WJ ■■ .■ ' SpealdngheofhaTlsinferual; ~.,-.■,■;;ls Whore the Lords;of Hell assembledThat from ea,rth the enormous law m ' ftdso up like an exhalation. ■. ■; i; ■ • * So arose tho stalely btruotnre. • RbSßtlie teihple walls supernal ,■ ■ £~ ; ; Of the Commonweatlh Australian. Pastoral pioneers linhoeding,. ' ' Kecked not that tliera.lurkeilbeneath metm Subtle, strong, the groat magician , ,Gb!d, before 'whose spollj arising, , • Lo tho myriad-peopled cities , . An,l tho hum of lminan eouvorso <■■:■>!'!■*■ Dispoasessingsolitiide. , ,;,,.,s .'•■-■■ *i;-':fl;! ;'. ! ■■;. . ' • PAvr V. ■ ■■■...,; ;• '.„. •■. '■ ■" ' ' TIIE PKISSENT AND TIIIS .FUTUKK s'■ Where tlio warriotnl whimperod and baj*od.'l :, ; Where tho feet of tho.dayk hunter strayed,,] rfeo, the wealth of the woi-iil is arrayed.;.-.,,, Where the spotted snake crawled by th'o stream, Sec tlie spires of a si'cat city gleam— (■.'.;* laitallbut tlie dream of a dream J- - : ~-,•■'" Aiid.tho halls o£ our domed jwkce fair, ■~,, And t)ie wealth of t!lo wdrtd that it there— . : Arc tiioy nau«ht? Are they fashioned of ah- f : Sot a dream! For the night is away • •>■ -' J ! ■ . Part VI. : ■ :■:■ ' EVILOOUK.—LAUS TVEO. Lowly and reverent Thy people are kneeling— . Hearus,all-bounlifui Father, wo pvny;. ':','..;, O'er us tho thoußht of Tliy goodness is stealing. As for our land wo invoke Thee to day. :?;.> All through the past hath Thy goodness un--1 -.sleeping1! '■-. " i:i'; ,"-:'-' ■■.■■:•-■■,•-,:,-,.. Guided the path that our fathers Have troil; May we. their children, beheldin'fhy kcop&g True tc|jur country and true to our.God.1