MR MASSINGHAM RESIGNS.
O, Massingham! Thou foolish man To be true to thy conviction; 'Tis righteous, but it does not read A creed—for truth's restriction. -■* Why man, whatever made you write' ' What in your heart you deemed wa9 right, That's poetry, not policy, .iT Could'st thou not play the hypocrite) j..! Besides our country's cause Is just^ j - Poor Uitlanders ground In the dust | As their own gold—we love that word-r** 1 Is by f the stampers crushed. J • Again we condescend to meet , 4 j * At Bloemfontein, in conference, *y The Boers, who lay the law as It \\ The land were theirs—by inference.; , Now out upon that plea!—to plead Convention's right—why Black and White Mean naught, when men combine" to tight For empire's sway through greed oil mightYet Massingham, thou noble man, v j To thy conviction, be thou true! How poor our world, how mean our racg But for God's grace in such as you. "Lest We Forget..'* j
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 292, 9 December 1899, Page 1 (Supplement)
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