FROM ENGLAND TO NEW ZEALAND.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7808, 12 September 1903, Page 3

FROM ENGLAND TO NEW ZEALAND.

"{Pp ail my d-stant absent ones, -Away across the Bea, J, Mod my' 'hearty greetings, And long with tihsm io ho, J&arted by the ocean, wide, In fancy yet I eeo Wy*eAi <«ice'-tto*« by their deai aide, And jpzay 4_hat whah. may be. L.^uid .through the yeara cow gone and past, t_orough the jteaxs ahead,: pi loye we were United tfasb, And shall be till we're deed. •For o'er trs floats itiutt wondrous flag *• *• '^Whiob ever --reedona gives, , {There-, tip aloft, -the Union Jack "Whexeveiß Briton lives. " . . *y . •■. HJndted 'neath its ehe-fring wing, United thus ia blood,. -. J_et ua to God our- praises sing ... -Far bleasdngs great and good. And if itfe His good pleasure That we once more may dwell In fax-awa-y Kew Zealand, The land wo love co well, j^nd join our kindred once more there, In land of brave and free. IWherfc shines the sun and all is fair, Pxay God that such, may be. tChen let us work andi joyous wait Uivftl suoh. time shall be . ftyhen we again 1 , so merrily, Shall sail across 'the sea. JEhy 1 yellow fields of waving grain, Where fruits do golden glow; JChy gentle showers of fruitful rain, And mountains topped with snow; JChy grazing herds of well-fed kine, Thy flocks of browsing sheep, A. land ol: corn aaid oil and win«, [Whose peaceful swains do reap. 'And where the 'tussock grass so strong' Is scattered! o'er the hills, where the skylark sings its song, The six witih musio fills; And round about .hy coasts trock-bound The surf is beating time, For bythe. *ea thou art girt round, -^_. And British hearts are thine; And over all extending bright A sky of deepest blue, lit by tflie -sun's effulgent light And flowers of many hue. All ready, too, thy sons up-sprung To fight for Britain's right; •Jfor sheathed their swords until the wrong Had gone' 'neath Britain's might. Wta thee again I stretch my band To hold in friendship sweet; Cld England now to' New Zealand Her prosperous sons does greet. Jjong may we thus in friendship rest, *" (Long may in peace repos* And worship God, for that is toest, From whom all goodness flows. HOKTON YAEDLEY. Cheadle, Staff., England, April 80, 1903.