THE OFFICIAL MILLENNIUM

Evening Star, Issue 11604, 14 June 1902, Page 2

THE OFFICIAL MILLENNIUM

The following poem appeared fa* * wow* 'Pall Mall Gazette':— Our eyes shall see the glory of the Engbad that's to be, When the hardly-paid Norwegian (hall not put our ships to sea, _■ ■_ When our soldiers ahatl TJd* iui(fts«- ; 4fiit , aren't groggy at the' kn**, I In due course. They have promised an Inqufey fails-litiM* great and Hh»U, ;•'-'•'■' .' ' They asseverate that justwa IBM! tx*4tm to one and all, - MTP .-A ', I And wo know that Right >ii*o ftnmito■.•*■* ! Incompetence shall fail, ■; ••/. ; [ In duo count ;'-<■ >. We have writ the word JHSetet L «* «r clean Imperial slate, ■:.: ;r •■•- --v We are knitting up Pronowjw. *•'■?■»• *(*■ nishiug Debate, r.'v • So thai England, all untrwWPalW, ID*? JO onward to har fate, Ir due course. We are building up an army upeoslrritai by any "set," AH the lessons of this conflict sol a druB«B« glial! forgitt, And we'll have a force triumpbajit, and wVfl catch our friend De Wet, In due course. Tho' the day of Old Ago Pension* may 1* tardy op the wittg, We wi'ii educate our children to do almost And the poor man shall hare lodgment ia a house that's purs as spring. In due course, We will thrust the. horrid ali«i from m oircußMUPbient eesst*. We will summon up our courage to destroy Drink's cursed hosts, And the best men in the Empire shall aaoun the highest posts, In due courw. Oh, the day will nemo for England when J*r sailors shall be fed, Tho' there may be saaicered pateljw of ft* map not painted red; Oh, the day will eorae for England—lt is coming, as I Raid, In due course. Till that glorious day be with u»,' till that goodly morning comes, I/efc the people blow the trumpets, let tho people beat the drum, Wliile the wise, far-seeing statesman sits a-twiddiing of his thumbs, In due course.