VOICE FROM THE PAST.
An apposite quotation from tho past is provided in Wordsworth’s sonnet, “November, 1806,” which runs:— Another year!—another deadly blow! Another mighty Empire overthrown! AndvWe arc left, or shall bo left, alone; The last that dare to struggle with the
Foe. ’Tis well! from this day forward we
shall know That in ourselves our safety must he
sought; That by our own right hands it must bo wrought; That we must stand unpropped, or be laid low. A dastard whom such foretaste doth not cheer! We shall exult, if they who rule the
land Be men who hold its many blessings dear, Wise, urright, valiant; not a servile
band, Who are to judge of danger which they fear, _ . And honour which they do not understand. The sonnet was written after the overthrow of Prussia in tho battle of Jena, October 14, 1806.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 230, 27 August 1940, Page 2
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