Original Poetry.
IN MEMORY OF ROBERT ELESUNC, KAItTTKD", WHO' DIED JSEPTEteiIEK 2nd, 1881.
The dreaded angel, Death, has como Into our midst again, And borne away a priceless gem, From out this world of piaih. A manly form is lying low Beneath JEarth's clay cold sod ; A, noble spirit's taken its flight To its prepared abode*
Death comes alike to old and .young ; And manhood in its prime, , Must likewise yiels ; to Death's embrace, In the appointed time. A. manly form in vigorous health, With firm elastic tread, — How ebon Death put his sickle, in, And laid him with the. dead ! Deep sorrow reigns within the home From whence the loved. one 1 fled ; His father's heart is filled with grief That bows his aged head. His brother sighs, and sadly mourns For him whose life is o'er; His sisters grieve,. because, cm carth 1 They'll see his face no more. His memory is dear to those In hitter grief who bow ; For nobleness and worth were stamped Upon his lofty brow. * He was a man beloved by all, A son and brother true ; And in Kaihiku ; too; he will Be missed by, not a few. . But though upon this earth they'll see His kindly faoe^no>inoje,i ' A radiant star is beaming bright In Heaven's celestial shore. " 1.M., Wairuna.
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Clutha Leader, Volume VIII, Issue 415, 23 September 1881, Page 6
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218Original Poetry. Clutha Leader, Volume VIII, Issue 415, 23 September 1881, Page 6
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