NOBLESSE OBLIGE.
What is diviner than the peace of foes? He conquers not who does not conquer hate. Or thinks the shining wheels of heaven wait On his forgiving. Dimmer the laurel Bhowa Oft brows that darken: and war-worn repose • Is but a truce when heroes abdicate To Huns—unfabling those of elder date Whose every corse a fiercer Warrior rose.
Oye that saved the land ! Ah yes» and ye That bless its saving! Neither need forget The price our destiny did of both demand--Toil, want, wounds, prison and the lonely sea Of tears at hornet Oh. look on these and yetBefore the human fail you — quick! your hand! Robert Underwood Johnson in the "Century*
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Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 254, 29 October 1887, Page 3 (Supplement)
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114NOBLESSE OBLIGE. Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 254, 29 October 1887, Page 3 (Supplement)
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