Christchurch
(FIRST PRIZE POEM.)
W lie re ihe long leagues of plain lands meet the bills, Before the wand'ring* Avon finds the sea; Where lightest zephyr through the willows fills Ihe evening’ air with wondrous harmony. There stands Ihe city that was once a dream <)f those heroic, souls, the pilgrim hand, Who, daring the unknown, followed the gleam, Of godly living in a distant land. From canvas lent to spire and fane it grew. From tlax-fringed track to road, and street and square. Where cattle grazed is now an avenue: Where wild birds called, church hells call men to prayer. Tree g'irt, xviiliii} a sea of 1 ivmiy o-j-eert, City of homes arid garden.-, church and school; Fit consort of these plains v.-liich, too, have been Recipients of Nature's fertile rule. Mother of men. with hearty in her train, Giving each generation talcs to do; Her glory shall not fade. :er power wane, If, serving God, they serve the city, too. H. G 111 VAN, 25 Gloucester Street West. U:• y; v:; ; sis ;.v V : cr ■;;; 'V y; /a; ttt . r
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17410, 12 December 1924, Page 3 (Supplement)
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182Christchurch Star (Christchurch), Issue 17410, 12 December 1924, Page 3 (Supplement)
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