THE GOLDEN KEYS.
(For the Witness.) Once on a time- there lived a Queen, In palace fair lived she; But none might come within its- walls Who lacked a- golden key. Bright from her glittering girdle hung, Again«t her robe of green, The priceless" keys so often sung, And very seldom seen. At times to fingers soft and me ' She'd trust the key of gold; At times to hands that bore the stains Of toil in sevenfold. It was her royal choice andi -will To make her palace free, Out of earth's millions, to* the hand That held the golden key. Thus from the east and west she brought Them to her palace fair; The north and south within her halls Her notice came to share. And some she bound ahont her throne, * As courtiers smiling stood; While some with wistful gaze heheld Her hourly changing mood. Übwi- ever as these chosen ones To praise her would accord^ They sang of Nature, and she ca~ed Them poets for reward.
— KOBX.TH.
Auckland, December 5, 1904.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2649, 21 December 1904, Page 75
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