Family
(Golder Project subject term)
Represented in
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Stanzas, Extemporaneously Written on a Stormy Night, Dalserf, November 4, 1833 in New Zealand Minstrelsy
- The family ’s all abed:—thus late, I’m like / The moping owl when blinking to the moon, / As o’er the firelight list’ning to the storm, / I musing pore now near nocturnal noon.
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Reflections over a Lark’s Nest in New Zealand Minstrelsy
- For, see! what care / She has bestow’d upon her little brood / to make them happy. Lo! how well is made / Her small, neat, grounded nest. Were we to scan / Its structure with minuteness, and the plan, / In which it is so carefully contrived, / Then would we ask, From whom has she derived, / Such art and knowledge? Was it e’er from man? / Or was she taught by any artizan / To build her nest? No! Nature is her guide, / From whom she wisdom learns,—how to provide / For this her progeny. And what’s designed, / Is neatly done! How softly it is lined, / For comfort to her young, her only care, / That are, as yet, of Nature’s clothing bare. / And, lo! the outward bulwarks of its form, / How well ’tis built ’gainst the usurping worm, / To save her eggs, and tender brood from harm. / What wisdom’s this? What mother could do more! / To shield her infant charge, Sing, ye that soar / Aloft! With loudest carols make the air / Resound, to cheer your mates in their domestic care.
- How agreeable / Is their behaviour! Discord ne’er can dwell / Within this habitation. There they lie / Together hugged in social harmony. / Lo! what a grand example these afford
- Four mouths now open wide, / As asking for an alms, as I draw near / To see the nest, and tender hatch so dear / And precious to their dam. They feel mista’en, / Their mouths they shut, and huddle down again:— / So young—their eyes yet seal’d—they’ve not discern’d / Me from their mother; yet they have not learn’d
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The Thrashing Floor in New Zealand Minstrelsy
- His wife, light of heart, now with gladness can sing, / And his young ones, with mirth, makes his cottage to ring, / All joyful in the hope, that of bread they’ll have no lack,
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The Bushman’s Harvest Home in New Zealand Minstrelsy
- With homely cheer / His board is quickly spread, / His partner dear / Delights to make him glad. / From circle gay, and blazing hearth / No wish has he to roam; / Content and happy, he enjoys / His humble harvest home.
- Pleased with his lot, and daily toil, / No cares his peace o’ercome; / His young ones greet, with noisy glee, / Their father’s harvest home.
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Evening Industry in New Zealand Minstrelsy
- But from his humble cottage, lone, / His wife’s sweet strains fell on his ear,
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Signs of the Times in 1853 in The New Zealand Survey
- Just think yourself in such distress / From hunger, and from nakedness, / Brought on thee through no fault of thine, / Which fain ye tried t’ escape;—combine / With that, a helpless offspring train / Crying to thee for bread. What pain / Of soul must such thee yield, to know / You have it not, while double woe / Would tear thy feelings, when ye tried / To gain it, and have been denied!— / Next, think of such-an-one, who loud / Would make thy sorrows known abroad, / As help he craved for thee;—but when / Such calls were heard and answer’d,—then / He to himself retain’d, with pride, / Such benefits, and left thee void!
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An Ode on Manawatu in The New Zealand Survey
- Fresh glories on Pioneers, worthy and true, / Who venture again on fresh toils, as at first, / Themselves to establish, and offspring anew;
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Canto Fifth in The Philosophy of Love. [A Plea in Defence of Virtue and Truth!] A Poem in Six Cantos, with Other Poems
- Thus, hand in hand / Good company are they, as they pursue / Their pilgramage with cheer. Such mutual love / Is joy abounding in itself;—the bond / Of unity, that best secures their weal / Upon the way, while gladdening their hearts / With prospects bright, of never ending joy!
- Where want of confidence prevails, and acts / The very poison of all social life?— / If civil war’s a curse to any land,
- He had a virtuous Mother; and a home / Which seem’d as ’twere a type of Heav’n on earth; / He felt a share of all his Father’s joy, / And ne’er saw ought but unanimity / Exist between them! Judging women all
- In th’ humble cot, / Where dwell Contentment, Industry, and Peace, / Such, influenced by love, delight the heart, / More than the splendour which surrounds the great / Where love’s a stranger! Let the rich be proud / Of their surroundings; yet, such often prove / Mere trammels in enjoyment’s way; they give / But little consolation to the soul, / When press’d with cares; they rather much depress / Where sympathy’s required, and is not found;—
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Canto Third in The Philosophy of Love. [A Plea in Defence of Virtue and Truth!] A Poem in Six Cantos, with Other Poems
- Hail sweet companionship! All hail! to such / That proves the coupling of two kindred hearts, / Whose hopes and feelings are alike;—embued
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Canto Fourth in The Philosophy of Love. [A Plea in Defence of Virtue and Truth!] A Poem in Six Cantos, with Other Poems
- To have true love existing in the heart, / Is worth a world of wealth! It is the mine, / Whence all domestic happiness comes forth, / In every grade of life—can be produced
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Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Family":
- 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.