WELCOME BACK AGAIN TO DAVID M'KEE WRIGHT.
Oh, David, we have missed you— j Welcome back again. Long we sought for tidings; Alas! we sought in vain. We thought that you had left us, For fields and pastures new ; Where laurels of poet's glory Perchance wore brighter hue. But we hear once more your song 1 Of mountain, hill, and plain. Oh, David, how we've missed ycra — ■ Welcome' back 'again. With joy and childish glee, We hear your song once more, Of New Zealand's homo and beauty, Of New Zealand's rich and poor. Of the scrub, the fern, and tussock, That decorate our land; Of the shearer, of the trapper, And the happy digger band. For although you've long been silent, We've cherished well your name. Oh, David, we have missed you — Welcome back again. Yes, old chap, we've missed you— Missed your tuneful lay ; And I'm sure the chaps will join you, I There are few but what will say ;, May success attend your rambles, And glory crown your days, Long to love New Zealand — Long to sing her praise. May fame and fortune wait you, And honour bless you name. Oh, David, we have missed you— Welcome back again. —THOMAS SnORT. Wetewbiira, July, im
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Otago Witness, Issue 2369, 27 July 1899, Page 45
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206WELCOME BACK AGAIN TO DAVID M'KEE WRIGHT. Otago Witness, Issue 2369, 27 July 1899, Page 45
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