Ophir Ahox
|i!oub laugh Ihe Tritons of the sen 51* thr gnnb ship glibcs along ; Thru blolv ili civ lifi'n ho ens in glee, this is the Triton's song— "<O (uiiiLin, blob fnir ! (0 slurs, s'»inr rlntr ! ])t liir rs, lihe » millponb br ! 'i'fi (be ilosf o' i)oi\\, »nb (lie Jftinqs 1 -jott (O'er Ihc npal bans fart frrc."
(fr.ich luabc takes on a blun 1 tint, ■3lnb the coral reefs blush rcb, (Ltthilc the libing vainbolus of the beep Join this chant, bn the Tritons Irb - "03 foinbs, bluu fnir! 0) atari, sliiur rlr;ir ! JJc toabes 1 ill e a millponb be ! ifct the iioflc o' jiorh, anb )(k Oihings 1 son (O'rr tljr opal (Bans fare frcr."
The Jfrigatc bub aiib the 3Ubatroso, dtlith the fJctrcl stai) tluir flight, ucbrv habe ocean's magic cabes buck such a piran of might— "(0 tombs b!o(n fair ! & stars, sbint tltnr ! ||t foabes, [the n millpoub bt ! fit t^c |Innt£ fe^o tocnrß t^e ffiiuitt Ilosf o' jljork tbt op<il toaijs fnrt free."
(Site steers from tlic shrine of the king callcb <fsvc-.it, $.nb the tomb blotus fair, anb the stars 3hine clear I %ht real in of Canute's slimu, £Ub the opal toan» up-bcar %o the fain) isles inhere jSrittunia's state sI »P that bring? a |light 3toiml Jrcight, Es the shiclb anb stoorb to-bai;. (lllhite |lose of JJork, anb her lilting Jf^ate, iEo 3^o-tca-voii fair.
M. A. Sinclair
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New Zealand Illustrated Magazine, 1 June 1901, Page 673
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237Ophir Ahox New Zealand Illustrated Magazine, 1 June 1901, Page 673
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