JOHN BUCHANAN'S FAREWELL TO WANGANUI.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 72, 4 May 1880, Page 3

JOHN BUCHANAN'S FAREWELL TO WANGANUI.

. «. (From the Chronicle,) Farewell, Wfingiinui, ci wand sror bls time A lasting good bye, to thy doso'atu shore, His"ouo only wish, as disgua od ho loaves theo, Is that his sad eyes may behold thoo no more. Farewell, generation of Pnlceha Maoris, Brokon-dowu awaddios, nnd rGiniouers poor, Go bask to tho arms of your shock-headed liouria, And pray for another outbreak of the war. Farewell (o your bridges, admired by many, Beneath whose wido arches surfi foul waters run, Where your mean city's free d >m is sold for a penny, And indolence basks in the warmth of the sun. Farewoll, Mr doodall, and all other schemers,, Whose stagnant society gives ono tlie blurs. Whoso chief occupation is watohing the steamers, Whose only perplexity's raising a booze. Whose dear heart's delig ht is four-handed euchre, Beelzebub' s* pool, or 'American grab, Blind Jhookey ,% cork loo,J and twenty, leek poker, ~' And learning'to live by the gift of the gab. "■■*.>• But were I to linger near luxury's pago ants," 98^To ask for a crust or a drink from tho ■well, I'd be collared by Hardcastlt's kidnapping agents, And lodged by his orders in Parkei'd Hotel.