THE WILD AUSTRALIAN ROSE.

NZ Truth, Issue 66, 22 September 1906, Page 3

THE WILD AUSTRALIAN ROSE.

•*rf> (For "Truth,"-) _!_ ' i ; rv&*sought for Nature's hidden-trea-sure, . 'Far m lands beyond the. sea, < A. reckless life, of toil and pleasure •Lured' me- far aaraay front thee ;. ,! But now my homeward- way. I'm wen-- . . -ding, >; &s the bee,, sweefciadenv hies . rTo .where* the purple- vi.ne.is bending ', "Neath Australia's sunny* skies, •Chorus.::-— . .Now,, meet; me.yin.thyf-. sunny- beai_vj#,_ i Where the. silver wattle growsU'l've. brought the Genii's, girded . foooty, I . jForr my f Wild 'Australian' JEioser .- ' !"^J? aII7 y«arß. since. ftrst I. jaunted,, i With', a; roving ban£ and free,. !T,o win from cav«?Jis fairy haunted,, • j Wealth enougbr/for you an d me ; iAnd throug^^Jeivada's wild Sierras ; I haye cKased those faiTy eLves,. On ma»#/ a rich Otagio terrace, j \naise robbed their gß'ttering shelves.. •Ifove. :_aerved the- arm, that .neyer. fafcS "tered; k . Where the diggers toiled and sang, Hope cheered, the heart that never al--tered,_ Where the noisy stampers* rang ; And now throughout our native wildwood, Where the emu seeks the shade,, •I'll warmer through the scenes o! childhood With my, loved 'Australian maid. r JACK VINCENT,