SONNETS OF THE MAORI.
XXIX.— TE TIKA (Justice or Right). C" Right " and " straight *' were one to the Maori, just as "good" and "beautiful" were to the Greek.] Here are the ethics brief, the ancient code, Writ not on stone, but on the heart and mind. Too simple maybe, stranger, you will find, And lax. "Do as you will, whatever jnod© May please you best." This were ai- easy load For man to bear — yet pause. Each act dees bind To strict repayment. Do ! but close behind The deed cornea its result — the harvest sowed. "When ona can fully bear the consequence, Be t what it ma y, then he is free to do If he will bear it. Maori in the past Feared not for deeds to render recompense JNor lived a, life of lies, as white men do, And hoped to cheat the devil at the last. J j± Limehills, May, 1005.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2669, 10 May 1905, Page 62
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