MEN OF AUSTRAL, SONS OF TOIL .
Men of Austral, sonß of toil 1 Let none you of rights despoil ; Ye of sinew and of mind, Be not as the changing wird Veering round from south to north, But like armies trained go forth, Disciplined for Labour's fight, ; Go, in Union** peerless might,— Ye are mnn, ye are not slaves, Wherefore be the tools of knaves Auktral's isle is Freedom's home ; Here beneath its favoured dome Shall (to suit Oppression's whim) Freedom's altar lights grow dim? CMven-Hbe, say will ye cower Now in Labour's battle hour! Fear ye ohildlike false alarms ? Have ye not stout hearts and arms ? Ye are men, ye are not slaves. Wherefore be the tools of knaves ? Justice here hath lear'd her throne, Progress, like a mighty zone, Gfrdles this our 'sunlit isle. Avarice hath ceased to smile, Education hath at last, 1 ike a stern iconoclast. Hewn the old-time idols down,— Now ye need not fear their frown. Ye are men, ye are not slaves Wherefore be thp tools of knave 3 ? Capital, in honest bands. Will concede your just, demands. Capital, V hands unjust. Like a worm shall bite the dust. !-ona of Austral'a faroured clinae, Standing firm midst wops sublime, Fight not as oppressors light, Battle only for the right. Ye are men, ye are not slaves, Wherefore be the tools of knaves ? — Mona Mahie.
Ballarat, October 1.
A picturesque journalist has given the "Chamber of FToTors " a new title. It is now the "Valhalla of Vice!"
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Otago Witness, Issue 1917, 13 November 1890, Page 33
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253MEN OF AUSTRAL, SONS OF TOIL. Otago Witness, Issue 1917, 13 November 1890, Page 33
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