The Bit of Land.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1825, 28 April 1886, Page 3

The Bit of Land.

The following skit on the Radical proposal in England, to give tnree acres and a cow to each of the new peasant proprietors, appears in an English, papier ; I hear thee speak of that bit of mnd And a cow for each laboring hand fell nie, dear mother, where is that shore, Where shall I find it, and work no more ? 1 J it a home, this occupied ground, W here acres three and a cow are found ? Is it where pheasants and partridges breed, Or in fields where the firmer is sowing his seeds 7 I* R °u the moors so wild and grand, baail I find this bit of arable laud '! Not there, net there my Giles. Is it far away on the Rio Grand ? la Zululaod, or Basutoland ? Is it far away on forbidden shores, Where unicorns tight and the lion roars ? Or will it in Soudan be found, Where English bones manure the gronnd ? Or on the banks of the ancient Nile ? Remaps Tis on some coral isle, With dusty groves and silver strand, Is it there, dear mother, that hit o’land 7 Not there, not there my Giles. Eye hath not keen that fair land, my child, Ear bath bat heard an echo wild—the nightmare of an excited brain Tuat dreamers have like Chamberlain. Ear away beyond the ken Uf sober, practical business men, Far away beyond the sight Of men whose heads ate screwed cn right, Where “ castles in the air " do stand— Behold the cow and the bit o’ land t 4 Tis there, 4 tis there my Giles.