Original Poetry.
IN MEMOfiiAJVT. MATTHEW WEBB. Niagaba, July, 1883. re is tQ Y boast great rirer T Where thy glory today ? In ge prime of bis strength and mauhood Whom haat thou taken away ? • On© who would brave thy watersMany had told him nay ! Death is thy only watchword, ' -"Deatrrielion"tayonly play. " ' ; HMearedj-.pt thy imighty whirlpoolThy rapidsi awful Barney Uut of thy rushing waters ,» ' Seeking itillgreater fame. il 'V He who across the ocean, . . .'." { 2^ nation's honduVhdd Won 1 ; n#? feSt flo^ ntil th « greatest . .. Of human achievemeatß.waalUonb. Leander amongst the ancients— w S P^P^Jator days, Wpuld have meted: him thekpraise, Th nu h f S , h ? met hia de ath, .^Checked byNiagari's tide;, : ,, v .p, And ha8 E aBBed,let uihope, 'toaishore , re n T e^ a ,w endles« ; and^ . Las*, though not forgotten "*" . ; Bis memory will e'er remain,', And in life's future historyWill repeat itaeli afiain. ' { ' f ,,; '"Palmer^ Norfh^ v:; : '®'& M ' September 29bh£i§83^ ? U
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 256, 2 October 1883, Page 2
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154Original Poetry. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 256, 2 October 1883, Page 2
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