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FOUNDED ON A NEW ZEALAND MYTH	A
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In the Morning of Time when his fortunes began	B
How bleak how un Greek was the Nature of Man	B
From his wigwam if ever he ventured to roam	C
There was nobody waiting to welcome him home	C
For the Man had been made but the woman had NOT	D
And Earth was a highly detestable spot	D
Man hated his neighbours they met and they scowled	E
They did not converse but they struggled and howled	E
For Man had no tact he would ne'er take a hint	F
And his notions he backed with a hatchet of flint	F
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So Man was alone and he wished he could see	G
On the Earth some one like him but fairer than he	G
With locks like the red gold a smile like the sun	H
To welcome him back when his hunting was done	H
And he sighed for a voice that should answer him still	I
Like the affable Echo he heard on the hill	I
That should answer him softly and always agree	G
AND OH Man reflected HOW NICE IT WOULD BE	G
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So he prayed to the Gods and they stooped to his prayer	J
And they spoke to the Sun on his way through the air	J
And he married the Echo one fortunate morn	K
And Woman their beautiful daughter was born	K
The daughter of Sunshine and Echo she came	L
With a voice like a song with a face like a flame	L
With a face like a flame and a voice like a song	M
And happy was Man but it was not for long	M
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For weather's a painfully changeable thing	N
Not always the child of the Echo would sing	N
And the face of the Sun may be hidden with mist	O
And his child can be terribly cross if she list	O
And unfortunate Man had to learn with surprise	P
That a frown's not peculiar to masculine eyes	P
That the sweetest of voices can scold and can sneer	Q
And cannot be answered like men with a spear	Q
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So Man went and called to the Gods in his woe	R
And they answered him 'Sir you would needs have it so	R
And the thing must go on as the thing has begun	H
She's immortal your child of the Echo and Sun	H
But we'll send you another and fairer is she	G
This maiden with locks that are flowing and free	G
This maiden so gentle so kind and so fair	J
With a flower like a star in the night of her hair	J
With her eyes like the smoke that is misty and blue	S
With her heart that is heavenly and tender and true	S
She will die in the night but no need you should mourn	K
You shall bury her body and thence shall be born	K
A weed that is green that is fragrant and fair	J
With a flower like the star in the night of her hair	J
And the leaves must ye burn till they offer to you	S
Soft smoke like her eyes that are misty and blue	S
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'And the smoke shall ye breathe and no more shall ye fret	T
But the child of the Echo and Sun shall forget	T
Shall forget all the trouble and torment she brings	U
Shall bethink ye of none but delectable things	U
And the sound of the wars with your brethren shall cease	V
While ye smoke by the camp fire the great pipe of peace '	-
So the last state of Man was by no means the worst	W
The second gift softened the sting of the first	W
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Nor the child of the Echo and Sun doth he heed	X
When he dreams with the Maid that was changed to the weed	X
Though the Echo be silent the Sun in a mist	O
The Maid is the fairest that ever was kissed	O
And when tempests are over and ended the rain	Y
And the child of the Sunshine is sunny again	Z
He comes back glad at heart and again is at one	H
With the changeable child of the Echo and Sun	H

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