Lelected Poetry.
TRU E FREEDOM. We want no flag, no flaunting rag 1 , For liberty to fight ; We want no blaze of murderous guns To struggle for the right. Our spears and swords are printed words, The mind our battle-plain ; We've won such victories before, And so we shall again ! We love no triumphs sprung of force, — They stain her brightest cause ; 'Tis not m blood that liberty Inscribes her civil laws ; She writes them on the people's hearts. In language clear and plain ; True thoughts have moved the world before, And so they shall again ! We yield to none m earnest love Of freedom's cause sublime ; We join the cry " Fraternity ! " We keep the march of time. And yet we grasp not pike or spear, Our victories to obtain ; We've wou without their aid before, And s-o we shall again ! We want no aid to barricade To show a front to wrong ; We have a citadel m truth, More durable than strong. Calm words, great thoughts, unflinching faith, Have never striven m vain, They've won our battles many a time, And so they shall again ! Peace, progress, knowledge, brotherhood, The ignorant may sneer, The bad deny, but we rely To see their triumph near. No widows' groans shall aid our cause, No blood brethren stain ; We've won without such aid before, And so we shall again ! Charles Mackay.
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Marlborough Express, Volume IX, Issue 640, 12 September 1874, Page 7
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229Lelected Poetry. Marlborough Express, Volume IX, Issue 640, 12 September 1874, Page 7
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