SONNETS OF THE MAORI.
XV— THE GKREAT OCEAN" OP KIWA. [The South Pacific Ocean was named so after on© of the eaxly navigators, who, tradition says, sailed far enough, south to see icebergs and seals.] The frail boats sailed to meet the rising sun, Until lie northward passed above their head ; Beneath their keels the waters quivered re"d With blood of hungered dead by toil o'erdone. As ' Punk) oars, ere history begun, Beat unknown Afric sea-s with measured tread, As daring 'Spanish galleys westward sped, go hewn oanpes the Antarctic secrets -won. 3Be honoured they who saw the white bergs rive, , And clash their barren summits^ w the stats, T7nfearin°- kelpy locks of witchcraft worn By taniwha. The long-toothed monsters dive, With gnashing jowl, to see the tropio spars Bide proudly on those icy. wastes lorloin. • December. 194f
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Otago Witness, Volume 14, Issue 2648, 14 December 1904, Page 63
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138SONNETS OF THE MAORI. Otago Witness, Volume 14, Issue 2648, 14 December 1904, Page 63
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