NEW ZEALAND'S ANTHEM
(To the Editor;)
Sir,—Apropos of the letter in "The Post" signed "Born in England but a Loyal New Zealander," may I say that I think his remarks about our New Zealand National Anthem are most appropriate. The hymn has a national dignity which is very appealing and makes every New Zealander proud to belong. May I quote a paragraph from Arthur Mee's Children's Encyclopedia, which precedes the printed poem:— "New Zealand.—National hymns arc; seldom a high form of poetry. They have an air of being manufactured for the purpose. Our own National Anthem1 is such a bad example that only two verses of it are usually sung. This from New Zealand is irreproachable in sentiment, and ,-ra fair' specimen; of hymn-making for a special occasion. Its author is Thomas Bracken, a New Zealand1 poet well known in the Dominion."—l am, etc., > ■■: . .
E. W. WILSON.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 32, 6 August 1936, Page 8
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NEW ZEALAND'S ANTHEM
Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 32, 6 August 1936, Page 8
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