to
HIS EXCELLENCY SIR GEORGE GREY, K.C.B.,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief over the Islands of New Zealand, &c., &c.,
(Yet wholly apart from the dignity of office.)
—Young.“All the distinctions of this little life
Are quite cutaneous, foreign to the man.”
By Permission,
as a tribute of esteem,
For the interest His Excellency takes in the welfare of the industrious classes,
And the advancement of Science and Literature of the Colony,
is this
VOLUME OF POEMS
Respectfully dedicated
By His Excellency’s humble servant,
