POLYRESIAN LAMENTS
(By R. R. MacGregor.)
I.—At Oahu, in Hawaii, Kelea forsook her husband, and his wounded affection gives rise to the following:— Farewell, my partner on the lowlands, 1 Ob tba Pohakean waters, Oa .the dark mountain spurs of Maun&upna: Oh I Lihue she has gone I Smell the aweet scent of the grasses and the wildest-growing vine tree* That are twisted about by the streams, by the winds! Oh my flower! Bliadaoaa descends upon my • ght and darkness covers my eoal. Doe! Doe! alas for me! My wife shall 1 ever see?
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Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14260, 10 January 1920, Page 6
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