Christchurch

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17410, 12 December 1924, Page 4 (Supplement)

Christchurch

(SECOND PRIZE POEM,)

Surrounded by the wide and teeming plain, That glorious,-soft, enchanted, living Hour. \N liere Nature gives unceasing, for your gain. Most lavish treasure? from her boundless store; Guarded afar by lowering Alpine walls, The most majestic that our land can show. Where pale, caressing, changing sunlight falls In gorgeous hues oil everlasting snow ; Adorned with modest robes of flowers and trees—= Those noble 1 roes gathered from near and far; Some brought for Homeland’s sake from o’er the seas, Some here before the first-come pa keh a Km-ircled by that little silver stream That seems so loth, so loth, to leave your side, Whose ancient name recalls anew the theme. 11l this far land, of England’s chiefest. pride; ’Tis thus you stand, a fresh embodiment Of all that’s best in Nature and in man, Your name itself a. sign your founders meant Your sons should hold a fast the Golden Plan. •Inst so your great Cathedral's loft ly fane. Most wisely placed upon your central site, Proclaims afar across the glittering plain, Your soul is ever reaching for the light. A. J. GRAHAM Middle Sanatorium. Cashmere.