Nation
(Golder Project subject term)
Represented in
-
An Ode on Manawatu in The New Zealand Survey
- Britannia may boast of the Thames or the Clyde, / What were they once, but like this wild looking stream, / Till science, progressing, had made them her pride / For commerce, and worthy a nation’s esteem; / The time is approaching when enterprise may, / With many improvements thine aspects renew, / When cities around may spring up, and display / Bright glories enchanting to Manawatu!
-
Canto First in The New Zealand Survey
- Although such / Desires may be but embryo—scarcely form’d / To thought upon their minds, yet these may grow, / By more reflection cherish’d, to the seeds / Of wond’rous revolutions; yet a work, / Though each should in himself the task begin, / Which future generations must complete;— / When in their country’s history must arise / Another era worthy to be known / Through time, recorded as another birth;— / A fresh advancement to’ard perfection’s height!— / A hast’ning of that time “when shall rejoice / The wilderness, and blossom as the rose!”
- How Tyranny is here put to the blush / To see a happy people who possess / A nobleness of soul,—ev’n ’mongst the poor;— / Which quite outshines that of their pompous peers / In outward splendour clad;—while among whom / All freedom circulates, as through one’s veins / Flows the life giving fluid in good health / Imparting joyous vigour through the frame;— / Such freedom that appreciated can be / Best by its daily use—becoming part / And parcel of existance—and exempt / From aught that tends to turn it to abuse:—
- So may this colony, New Zealand, though / The youngest of her progeny, yet prove / In its importance not the least, and shew / Itself full worthy of Britannia’s care! / And when to full maturity ’t has grown / In after-ages, as a nation great, / May the descendants of that gifted line / Of Anglo Saxons found be to retain / That parents best instructions who gave birth; / And by her stand, should sad reverses fall / Her lot amid the changes of the world, / Her honors still sustaining through all time.
- they come to read a page / Of British hist’ry, that they thence might draw / Instructive lessons on the arts of peace, / Of freedom, and of enterprise, conjoin’d; / With a high tone of morals, which pervade / Society as attendant, seen from high / To low degree, compared with all they know / Among their own,—as on an ample sheet / In characters both legible and plain / Laid forth before them.
- long before / The era Britain was to human ken / Brought forth in savage rudeness, as to claim / A mere existence ’mid the stormy deep, / Disjoined from all the world.
- And well may Britain as a nation rise / To show obedience ready, and rejoice / At being so distinguished as the scene / Of much that’s good; but more to be employ’d / As Heav’n’s great Herald, in proclaiming peace / And concord to the nations far and near, / Aye, ev’n though ’twere with her artillery’s force
-
Condolence in The New Zealand Survey
- Great hopes has she for future good, / Seeing he trained his youths to virtue’s cause, / Her princes and her kings; / Corruption checking in the bud, / Aspirants bending to respect the laws, / Bespoke great future things! / Yea, grand events of vast import / To the advancement of the world at large, / As the commands of Heaven! / May such console, and cheer her heart, / While th’ honors feeling of so great a charge, / In worth immortal given! / Now, future generations shall / Look back and pay respect to all his worth / Avowed for imitation; / A grand criterion this of all / That’s great or good, in heaven or earth, / Or worthy in a nation!
-
Canto I in The New Zealand Survey
- If we look on the map of the Southern Hemisphere one may easily perceive that it requires no great amount of prescience (especially to a mind of thought and enterprize, even although such spirit of enterprize may not have the power or means to put thought in a practical or tangible form) to see and shew to others how New Zealand shall yet become the Great Britain of the South. Take into consideration the genial climate of New Zealand, then its extensive seaboard, its numerous harbours and navigable rivers, such that may be much improved upon, and again its multitude of inland never failing streams, many of them well adapted, with little expense or trouble, for the driving of any kind of machinery for manufacturing purposes, where perhaps steam engines would be of less service through the want of a cheap supply of coal, should such prove to be scarce. Those streams with their waterfalls and rapids, how easily could they be brought into actual service in aiding the enterprize and industry of those who may yet discover their interests lying in that direction; so that instead of sending the wool of the country away to be spun and manufactured elsewhere—only to be brought back again with heavy charges attached,—such could be spun and manufactured here, to be dispersed among markets elsewhere. Standing on this point of view and looking toward the numerous islands and their populations, on the vast Pacific ocean, and taking into consideration the extensive field of wealth there will be to work upon, in the development of their resources, from which every kind of raw material in cotton and other produce may be had to be manufactured in New Zealand for the markets of the southern world. On the one hand, not only see the naked wants of the Pacific islanders, but also see the whole
-
England’s Hope in The New Zealand Survey
- Whatever difference might arise, / ’Tween this and other nations; / He’ll see our rights without disguise / Maintain’d’gainst usurpations.
-
Canto Second in The New Zealand Survey
- WELL DONE! Ye benefactors of mankind; / Whatever be the countries of your birth, / You well deserve the thanks of ev’ry age! / For well ye have fulfilled your trust,—improved / That talent once alloted to your care / By Him who chose you as a means to shew / Mankind His mercy, when He looked upon / Their toils multifarious; and suggested how / Such might be eased; a proof of love divine,
- how much the works of industry / Must have increased, and those, how much improved, / As one age on another has advanced; / So the barbarian here is skill displays / According as necessities would urge, / Though somewhat rude compared to what is shewn / By the sage artizan, yet much is seen / That might surpass th’ adept would means allow, / As proof that he’s a unit of our race!—
-
Canto Fifth in The New Zealand Survey
- So has New Zealand favoured been at length / Of being recognised, a place on which / A dispensation good might be bestow’d!— / While, guided by a Power, that’s oft ignored / By many, who to scepticism are prone, / Have enterprizing Britain sent her sons / Themselves t’ establish here; another germ, / Of some great future nation to implant, / Britannia’s institutions to extend; / As if that Power who rules,—and overrules / The world’s affairs by man himself,—had chosen / This agent, best some purpose to fulfil, / As tending to the happiness of all; / Thus to Britannia’s guardianship is giv’n / New Zealand, where a nation may be reared / To prove “a Britain” of the Southern Seas!
- Your works shall shew where virtue claims to dwell / While musing o’er the past; for as in yore / The founders of a nation have been held / In awful veneration; so may you / Brave pioneers! of futute greatness, be / In th’ annals of the country held endeared!
-
The Picture of a Poet in The Philosophy of Love. [A Plea in Defence of Virtue and Truth!] A Poem in Six Cantos, with Other Poems
- In patriotic virtues he ’ll excell: / He tunes his lyre his country’s praise to tell, / Or of heroic deeds his numbers swell, / T’ exalt each hero’s fame: / Nay, even he / Will forward stand, defensive, in her name— / In all which may affect her cause, / Her priv’liges, or freedom’s laws / Resisting knavery!
-
New Year Salutations, for 1863 in The Philosophy of Love. [A Plea in Defence of Virtue and Truth!] A Poem in Six Cantos, with Other Poems
- A happy New Year may we bid to the world: / May Nations in friendship, and concord unite! / The Banners of brotherhood wide be unfurl’d, / When Princes no longer in war shall delight!
Searching
For several reasons, including lack of resource and inherent ambiguity, not all names in the NZETC are marked-up. This means that finding all references to a topic often involves searching. Search for Nation as: "Nation". Additional references are often found by searching for just the main name of the topic (the surname in the case of people).
Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Nation":
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.