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By Emerson, Nathaniel Bright
He manao no ko’u e noho pu;
Pale ’a mai e ka hilahila,
20 I ka hakukole ia mai e ke Akua wahine
Pale oe, pale au, iloko o ka hilahila;
A hilahila wale ia iho no e oe;
Nau no ia hale i noho.[447]
Ka hana ia a ke Ko’i maka nui,
25 Ike ia na pae moku.
He hiapo[448] au na Olopana,
He hi’i-alo na Ku-ula,
Ka mea nana na haka moa;
30 Ku’u wa’a ia ho’i i Kahiki.
Pau ia ike ana ia Hawaii,
Ka aina a ke Akua i hiki mai ai,
Artist: Emerson, Nathaniel Bright
Year: 1850