SIR GEORGE GREY.
Sonnet. Lawgiver, Hero, Sage, whose potent soul Didst prescient with mild paternal sway Our State's infantile footsteps guide and stay, Faithful in service, gracious in control Thy name empyreal blazes on the scroll Of Fame sublime ; to change not, nor decay, Long as the Cross begems the starry way. Long as the South winds hasten from the Pole.
Triumphant Freedom, Equalising Right, And change victorious that change succeeds, Are deathless palms thy memory to adorn ; _ Whilst through men's souls shall pass thy spirit
of might, , As wind through fire, and nations yet unborn Shall laud thy thoughts, and emulate thy deeds, H. W. ifouNG.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 223, 21 September 1898, Page 5
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107SIR GEORGE GREY. Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 223, 21 September 1898, Page 5
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