A WELCOME TO “THE NEW ZEALAND GRAPHIC."

New Zealand Graphic, Volume VI, Issue 25, 21 June 1890, Page 10

A WELCOME TO “THE NEW ZEALAND GRAPHIC."

Thrice att welcome no oar homes, far here uhese lines aflfomd. For those who wi<h in. mennal food, wfrhrieh m»rraeEion stored : While some of lighter znoxi may Jaagh ar hnmoir’y merry gleam. And others search, the numbers for the poet’s rnnefol theme. As each seoue ship mid ocean's surge hhk dare the ranging sea. So mast thy early numbers brave the wrings *?f jeiLouisy. On jnertt's firm foundazi»>n-roek let all thy esbrts rise." Till these who launch the venture share ihe fruits of enterprise. Speed ever on from home to home, and where these sheets appear Infuse the breath of beauty, and distil the words of «' > hee-r ; rise in firm support. o£d rivalries beyond. And eioser knit each rising town in federation's bond. Across the billows trackless foam I see thy sway expand. And show the dear oM mother realm the r*rc«ress of‘our land : Till men a" earth's remotest end in wildermen: shall see The giories of our wonderiand in pictured scenery. Her rivers. Lakes, her woods and glens, and mountains crownevi with snow. Her fertile pastures <oftly bashed in -nnlight's golden giow. Right kind and iong her title rings fr»z-m Fame's triumphan mouthy - The fair Pacific's Grecian Qurcen. the Corinth of the South. Press on and prove rich Nature'* wealth chat earners Beauty * shrine. To *how the charm* of such a Land a noble work is thine : And judging by thy *‘andard high well may we proudly say. The journal of the future is The GRaPßic of t<c—iay. Ch 4RL-vs E. Harvyk. Seafie’d View Road. Auckland- June 7th. 13EC.