A PSALM OF JOHN THE SHREWD.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume III, Issue 172, 29 April 1864, Page 3

A PSALM OF JOHN THE SHREWD.

1. 0 ! beloved, my heart yearns to you all, as you well do know.

-• Rejoice with me ; I say, rejoice, for the day of our deliverance is come ; yea, the day ot the people’s bondage is at hand, 3. For verily they shall look for land, and sh 11 not find it ; neither shall thej have c. place for the s. le of their feet.

4. For verily thousands shall come, and many shall go away again ; and those who remain shall he servants of the chosen. 5. For I, even I, ami Donald the Ruler of the Council, resolved to get the “Safety Bill passed in the General Assembly ; and vowed to eat not, neither to drink, til. it was accomplished.

6. For lo ! had not this been done, the Mantis, already tainted with rebellion, would have had their lands confiscated ; and the people would have already dwelt on them. i. So rejoice, and again I say rejoice, for the land will be ours, and not the people’s ; and theie will be great sorrow and lamentation among them. 8. For we are indeed a favored few ; and we have a goodly heritage. 9. And we shall eat of the fat of the land, and dwell in peace evermore. And we shall he fenced, ev ry one from his neighbor ; with cheap wire shall we be fenced from the people. 11. And no railway shall be there, to disturb the meditations of the chosen. 12. And peace shall be in our midst, and joy in all our palaces. 13. And we shall dwell beside the runni g waters, and smoke the pipe of peace. 14. And there the fig-tree and the olive shall flourish, and bring forth much fruit. 15. Verily, no railway shall be there to disturb the quiet of the flocks. 16. 1' or we are a faithful and chosen race, even us and our children’s children. 17. And the people outside shall sit in darkness, in the valley of the shadow of death. 18. And cheap will be the hire of the laborer, for the people will he devoid of land. 19. And we shall be the princes o; the land ; the people shall he crushed and cast down. 20. No mors shall we hear their lamentation, for they shall be as though they were not. 21. And the Maoris shall sit at our feet, in token of their deliverance from the people. 22. For I delivered them with my strong right arm, and Donald the Ruler hath help” ed me. 23. lea, by my skill and judgment, from the oppression of the people, 24. In the House of Assembly, where the voice of the people was not heard, 25. There I and Donald fought the battle, and the laud became safe for us and our children’s children for evermore. 26. And I have added yet another wellgrassed plain to my possessions, well bounded and hear to Napier. 27. Yea, verily, Ngatarawa is now mine, and my children’s children for ever. 28. So then, yet again I say rejoice, and let the people be for ever confounded. — Communicated.