REJOICING.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 77, 30 March 1912, Page 13

REJOICING.

[Premier Ward said the Government had also put up a good fight, . and the win was due to the opening of the eyes of , the Labour Party, He also ventured to predict that on tho next occasion when they had a decision in the House it would not be on the casting vote of the Speaker, but be by the mass of the, people realising the narrow escape they had had of falling into the artfis of vultures. — Daily Press.] . Safe from the arms of the vultura, Safe from the black wolf's wing, , Wo sit to tickle and culturo , Our Liberal harp to sing; 'Never a cow oan claw us, Nor a fish from the foamy J)lue s With its terrible beak o'orawe u§ As we chant of an I O U. We fear not the tiger's horning, We dread not the serpent's foot, - We answer with scorn for scorning The shark with the hob-muled boot;; The sting of the soaring camel, The teeth of the roariug sheep, No more shall our parEy trammel, Nor trouble a nation's Bleep. We fill to the brim the beaker, For this is our splendid hour, ' On the casting vote of the Speaker We hang ( to our place x and power;, And drunken with joyful wonder - We ory to the foemen all : "Ho, caitiffs, stand from under E'er the wrath of the people fall 1" Safe from tho bark of the vulture, Safe from tho tree-whale's sting, We sit to foster and culture ' Our Liberal hopes to spring; Never a tish can claw us, Nor a cow in tho dawn and dew ( With its terrible beak o'erawe us * As we dream of our I O U. Bulletin. — Pat O'Maori.-