BROWN HANDS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2401, 8 March 1900, Page 57

BROWN HANDS.

I sing to the honour of hard, horny hands — The tribute of praises their prowess demands. To dignity, strength, to capacity, grit! With the prudence of wisdom and humour of

wit. Brown hands — the credentials of labouring men, Hold their own against white, or else I " dmna,

ken." If they're dirty — what odds will you lay,

don't find Them fix'd on a man with a generous mind? If "they're rough — well! they're tough, and they're ready and willing, To work for the Harvest that's got by the "bill-

ing! Independent? Ay, mighty, and a purpose like

theirs Scorns help not their own, and owes thanks

to no piay'rs. They can work for a living and pay their own

way, Upholding a dignified labour each day! Can they be kind and gentle? — just give them

to hold An infant, and see if their heart's gilt or gold! Brown hands! Ye do turn the big wheel of the

world — For Thee was the Banner of Freedom unfurled ! Brown hands built up progress and gave us the keys «

That unlock Earth's forces to forge Destinies! Fat ease knows not progress, cares less for

Invention — But if it should happen, brown hands gel no

mention. Brains and hands can work wonders, saith Wisdom, together — But the hands must be brown, and the brains tough as leather.

— H. A. COBBLEDICK, Otautau, February, 1900.

— Third-class railway fares in India are less than a farthing a mile.

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