SELECTED POETRY

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 121, 30 May 1885, Page 5

SELECTED POETRY

our colon'iai. 110 v. . (Oki'EßingMilitahy" Assistance i.v iii_ Sol-dan Campaign.)

Hurrah fur the cry, o'er (lie war imgl. ..muling! It thunders along each Colonial shor.The voice o£ true _rilo_. with sympathy bouiiding To succour the old ling their forcfulhurs bon-. Their love for the homeland, when threaten ii with danger. Kcsoumls in their patriot cry from afar. And proudly we hail them—a trusty a\ .ingi-r. Our buckler and shield in the perils of war. Chorus— Hearts true as British oak. Brave us the parent stock, • Strong ns tho granite rock, o'oi- tho blue sc,i Linked iv thy oiler grand, Feci wo a brother's hand. Guarding our fatherland, fearless and free. They smiled when prosperity flourished around us, And Briton's old Lion reposed in his dcv: But, hark, when the storm of adversity found ns. " To arms'' was their cry for the old country then. Oh, sons of the sires thai gave Ui-iliuniiiii'glory ; Oh, daughters of mothers thai shared m their joys; Oh. souls patriotic, exult in the. story Thal seals to our hcurts our Colonial Bo> i. Chorus— Hearts, So., Jcc. Yon cohort of heroes from Sydney adxauciiiKYon phalanx replete with tho manhood ol man, Will soon send tlio False Prophet's dcrvishc* dancing, When shoulder la shoulder they pace the Soudan, Unrivalled alhard-hamled labour mid hunting. The broudaxo and rillo they handle like to;, s ; And woo to tho foenit-n that Unit tlieinscl. E.i front ing Our hard-listed, broad-chested Colony Jioy =. CftoHis-Hcarls, _..., &c. Old Mother l__tnnnia.inti'nsely"deliglilod. Tho Ausl rol-Candian loyalty sees: With confidence feels her wide empire miiti-il. And proudly unfurls her old lh.fr lo I he bri-czc. No glib-worded treaty, no phantom alliance. Bui liliul devotion her heart overjoys: The strong brothers' hand for defence—not dellancc— We grasp in our durling Colonial Boy.;. Chorus— Hearts, &c, &c. I't'hc above song by Bass Kennedy, ( __i=go\v. obtained a Di-ize ottered by the proprietors oi " The Peoples J-'riend " a popular S_it.li literary journal, for the best patriotic song.)