Nature's Dwelling .

Drooping rimu, stately matai,
Crimson rata, dainty kowhai,
Form the roof of Nature's dwelling,
Where the streams their songs are swelling,
Dashing on through strife and peace.
Koromiko, young manuka,
Matagouri and kapuka,
Are the walls of Nature's dwelling,
Where the streams their songs are swelling,
Foaming on till time shall cease.

Supplejack and white clematis
And the lawyer named Australis,
Form the curtains of this dwelling,
Where the streams their songs are swelling,
Babbling on beneath the trees.

Filmy ferns and logs all moss'd,
Creepers trailing till they're lost
Are the carpet of this dwelling,
Where the streams their songs are swelling,
Rushing onward to the seas.

—Bernard Walter Newport.

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