THE SUBMERGED ISLE
j' rose—a pearl above. Ihe sapphire sea, And noble men, with state'v women walked Along tic. thread-while streets at carlv dawn: A' eve tho ore, m rolled above its spires. Net did the lite endure, beneath its V. .1 V (•.■», And happy ,|a\s rolled all too swifjly by, fill discontent awoke, and in each breast ('.•one longing: for the joys of earlh again. Then God bent down, and in the prim >■..■■■ duy. Lade waves a litt K- space to sink apart. Till a.- of old fhe lovely i-.lc was throned ; Willi rapture men and women, old and young. Leaped to the shore, where dwelt tleni fellows: Ah: Within the veal's that bad gone bv. what chnng'e. What- lust, what hate, what love more ct uel i ban h.-ite. Had found -;nl birth where all had once been pure! Back m swift pain Hie youths ami sages Inrued. Fled to (heir ,'sje, and prayed that lie,-,: a g;n n The\ might find bob neaco beneath thv soa ! —Rossi c Hrighton, Christchurch.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 14 April 1928, Page 4
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173THE SUBMERGED ISLE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 14 April 1928, Page 4
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