MAORI MEMORIES
MAORI HYMN, PART 3. (HARE HONGI.) (Recorded by J.H.S. for “Times-Age.”) Lord teach us still to watch and pray For that blest time when owned thy sway In all the toiling earth: From Hawaiki’s old estate Oh may thy wisdom permeate Throughout our councils small and great: O Rangi! Rongo! Tane! Tu! Be with us still, however few. Lord take our struggling spirits hence And lay not up our soul’s offence For future punishment: But to thy mansions in the skies, Oh bear us swift as lightning flies, To share thy homo in Paradise: O Rangi! Rongo! Tane! Tu!
Lord when our circle is complete Be thou our centre of retreat, Our pillar and its base. Even as our spirits sink to Earth, Oh grant our souls that bright rebirth, To blend in pureness with thy worth: O Rangi! Rongo! Tane! Tu! Be with us still, however few.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 December 1938, Page 2
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