never to regret
Sweets tasted here, and left as soon as known.
Methinks I see thee straying on the beach,
And asking of the surge that bathes thy foot,
If ever it has wash'd our distant shore.
I see thee weep, and thine are honest tears,
A patriot's for his country: thou art sad
At thought of her forlorn and abject state,
From which no power of thine can raise her up."

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote CO: Kaipuke, a ship.]

[Footnote CP: That is, Tasmania.]

[Footnote CQ: There are no tortoises in New Zealand.]

[Footnote CR: Rutherford did not return to New Zealand, and nothing more
was heard of him. On December 5th, 1828, "The Australian," which 'was
published in Sydney, stated that a man named Rutherford, who had been
tattooed by the Maoris, and naturalized by them, was then in London,
practising the trade of a pickpocket, in the character of a New Zealand
chief, but that was before he supplied his story for "The New
Zealanders."]

[Footnote CS: Omai was an islander, who was taken to England, where he
was lionized, and was afterwards taken back to the islands during Cook's
last voyage.]

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