THE OLD SAILOR.
Fair and bright was (he dawning, ! With the green of grass and tree — But I wandered away in the morning, / To the call of the rolling sea. Glad was the life Earth offered me, Joyful my spring-crowned land, But I wandered away to the song of the sea, And the lap of waves on the sand.
Drawn by Winifred Stone, Heme Bay Many the sorrows and trials • I have paid, for life with thee; Many the hard denials I have made for you, 0 Sea! But Youth will heed no warning; And when I was young—ah me! I wandered away in the dawning To the call of the deep, green sea. —Original. By Betty Rollett, Titirangi (age 13).
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20508, 8 March 1930, Page 4 (Supplement)
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121THE OLD SAILOR. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20508, 8 March 1930, Page 4 (Supplement)
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