NOBLEMEN.
By O H. STUART. The nnhlest men I know on earth, Ar men whnse hand* are bio>vn with toil Who, baek'd by no ancestral birth Hew down the woods and till the soil : And thereby win a prouder fume, Than crowns a king's or warriors name. The working men. whate'er their task, To carve the 3tone, or bear the hod, They wear upon their honest brows The royal stamp and seal of G<«l ! And brighter are their drops of sweat, . Than diamonds in a coronet. ..God bless the noble working men, Who rear the cities of the plain : bU'Who di<r the mmeVarid build the ships, Who drive the commerce of the. main ! Gnd blcs< them ! fir their swarthy hands . ". Have wroajiht the jflory of all latids.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 1, Issue 17, 16 January 1858, Page 6
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