OUR FATHER LAND !
Eemembrances of our Father land They cling around us yet, Although froiri musings such as these, the heart Awakens with regret ! The halo memory throws around The home we'll see no more, But makes the darker to the eye The path that lies before ! The kindred friends of Father land The gay, the happy hearted ; To their spirit home from this earth of ours Long, long, ago departed, We mourn them yet, their flight has flung O'er brightest hour 3 a gloom, The deepest shades that cross our path ■ . Come o'er us from their tomb ! The good old laws of Father land . Our bulwark and our pride, Are garner' d iv our hearts as gifts to be, Dilfns'd both far and wide, Till dUf'ring nations, aye though some May now to idols nod, Shall own the sway of Father land And worship too her God ! B. H. Napier, June 21, 1859.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 2, Issue 93, 2 July 1859, Page 6
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154OUR FATHER LAND! Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 2, Issue 93, 2 July 1859, Page 6
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