IN MEMORIAM.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6823, 29 September 1883, Page 3

IN MEMORIAM.

FREDERICK EDWARD MAKMG, OP HOKIANGA. . LATE JODOE OF THE NATIVE LAND COURT. Low in the gold-faeeil west tha winter sun, Calm, placid, sinks beyond the glowing rango Of mountain peaks, whore old-world foresis run . O'er tracktas, lonely waste that know no change. Keen, clear, and cold, the sontb wind from tho sea Bears on its plumes tho music of thu jnxln; And thousand isles unito theii meiody, In myriad diapason's magic strain. Up from the sheltered gallics comes the nolo ' Of tha karare welcoming iho spring. But all too soon ; that merry wandeior's throat ; Gives to ita full, swest heait utterance and wing. A white-fleeced cloud stnitch'd o'er the opal 'sky , Dona o'er its vesture robe* of fliekcriaj flro, An amethystine halo from the eye ; .Of day ero he triumphantly expire. Thii sign—'twas welcomed by a hoary soor, '■'' Who, standing on Keinga's northinest verge, Beneath tho sacred tree, w.icnco ye-.r by year ~ Tlie spirits pass to So beneath tha surge. "He comes,he comes!" Fond, awfal-mcaning woids How terribly they sweep his full heart chorda, Nor ether strain, or joy, hia soul affords. Waring a braneh made fcipu by a spell; Wielding a j.ower he practised long and weD; He waited, watching all bis woes to tell. Nor human ear was nigh, save his alone, To. catch tho sad. long melancholy moan That trembled o'er Beinga'a mouldering stone. . Star after star bhoisa out, deep from the dome Of Ilcaven ; and now night's own pale queen is come, And lights with shimmering silvered kiss tbat woird la.-1 home. DIKOK OP THE BCSK. Ho comes ! he comes To sleep with hte children. - .' To rest with his lov'd onesj For ever, for ever ! Soft, aoft bo his pillow: Sweet, sweet be his slumber; Alas,'tis for ever! For ever, for ever! ■. Jfy bird of tho mountain, My rare bird, thy beaaty ' -' ■' Wcath claims it, for ever! .- 7 ■. ' ■ For ever, for ever ! - 'O, star of tho heavens, ' •'. Thoa'rt fallen in silence. ■ ■ ' Thon'rt hidden for ever I • ! ■ ■..,'■■■■, For ever, _ r or ever ! . .-,' Thy people ara mourning . ... ■ ' In loved Hokianga, . - Thoy sorrowte ever! ■ • . ..'■' Forever, for ever!. A grave in a strange land Thou couldst not inhabit— -. Come, come to thy long homo. ■. - '~ For ever, fox ever! ~Tlry last wish is answered:— ■"■ '■ , ■' '" Let me sleep in my own land ; ' .■ ' . ■, Let me sleep with ray old frien-Js; iLay my bones in New Zealand; . . 'Tis the land of the sun; . . 'Tis my lov"d land, my own land--I can sleep in no other." '■".■' V ' THE LABT SPIHIX-WATCD OF THI; 3E2R. O'er eastern moonlit watert, rolling vast,: Profound their murmurlngs; midcigat's fooi had past, . ' ■ . 'Leaving Hemga's peaks and sterile shore To' tilcoce, sive where spirits breathe, " come no .--.■■ more . ,' . . The seer watched, and saw baneath the treo, Tho tapu tree, a phantom companyForms of the dead, from earth long pjissed away, .His tribal chieftain; ranged in close ajriy; Clad in the feather robo and dogskin cape, .Adding a grace to wearer's kingly shape : They stood and leabt on spear, in silent guise. Awhile they rcourned; awile their spirit eyes Gleamed with a ray, chaste, stern, but gild withal, To welcome k;ndri'd ghost to aerial hall. And women fair and famed in legend old . .Were ranged in circle in the inner fold; ...Matrons these were, renowned o'er all tho isles No leas for daring thac for beanty's sailes. Each in her hand a frond or bronchlet bore,, ■■■And waving ia meek woe, she chs»nis "We come no ; v ■ .mors." . _.._,; . . _ ~■ ■ Acloud of Klorioiis hne and ample globe Bmbosomod all ivithin its vapoury robe. ::But chiefly , were the seer's glances eKirm'd , To where in midst strode one, tall, calm, unarm'd ; Slow moving o'er the silver-lighted Eands, 'Attended by those famed and august bands; ?And ever and anon that' spirit-glance Would stream with joyous vreicome's sweet advance, he as if long exiled from the load ■He fondly lov'd—now treads its gonial s'raTd. Turning he gazed on mountain, forest, plain— . , . : ■His soul went forth upon that eager strain . .< ' Until its fill it had—ihyo strode he where : ;: : Eoinga's rock to seawarl forms the stair... ....■■ -iji'- . Leading to re alms of rest. The vision psS3eci, .-,,,.■.■■.: ■And oaS upon Pacific's basora vast '." ' j? ; ,The glory sailed from earth lo peace-crown'd chore, 1 '■■ .Whilst moonlit echoes sobbed, u We come no-snore, :. ':'. .nomore!" ■; ' ■ .'■ :■ ■''?■;■■. '.■..V^'•.■-.-,■

Not*.—As far as in my power lay, tho above I:ne3 aroin tho spirit of the old New ZcaUnd Bu.takite, or of tlie tribal bard. > ". . Geoeos H. Wilboh. .: Gisbome: August 20,1883. . ,;.... ■'.>;■■■■;■.

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