Napier Redivivus.

From the pain I was called to endure
I have risen again in my pride,
With the Sun for a vesture of gold,
With the ambient Sea for my bride.
I am proud of my structures complete,
My roadways so gracious and wide;
And the joy, and the joy of my guests shall be great
In the welcome that I shall provide.
For the splendour I now can command
And the glory that lives in my home,
I can grant to my people the praise
For the courage and love they have shown.
Faithful watch have they kept for my sake,
Whilst no asking of mine has been vain.
They have come, they have come, to my uttermost call,
Striv'n and suffered, again and again.
Stately buildings of shapely design,
With beauty in structure and tone,
The sweetness of verdurous shade
Are part of the joy that I own;
But the greatest of all that is mine,
Which attained to the uttermost goal,
Is the pioneer's glorious gift to his son—
“A steadfast, unconquerable soul.”
Come to me from the East and the West,
Over seas and through outermost foam.
Proud ships I shall welcome again
When they come to my bountiful home.
No trace of my grief will you find
(It is lost in the land of my dreams).
You shall sport in my surf and your body shall glow
In my sun and find health in its beams.