AFTER BOTHASBERG.
(February 27, 1902.) For tho King an' the crown an' the cause o high heaven ! We gave an' we gave as our mither had given : We gave of our best to the load o' the faem; We saw them gang oot, but they never cam harae! For the King an 1 the crown an' the cau=3 o' Ih just' But O for the hearts thr.t are happed wi' thi dU3t' There are rigs o' the corn that are standing tin day, For the hand that should reap has beei tramped to the clay. O p'oud they rr.de oot, an" they looked na b« hind But thp kind wizard water, O dinna. ye uxindWhen the ship she rade oot wj' the wind in he teeth, How it glinted abcon, but it sabbit aneath! O we gave an' we gave, an' it's no* that w» me, Though the women sit ben the dowie daj through ; Though they greet like the burn when tlii snav/s at the melt For the lads that lie laigh on the ied-drookii veldt. Giey mither, *hat kens when the gnef ;s tin sorost — Grey mither, that grat for the Flowers o' th« Foiest, We ken what ye ken, though pur life's i' the morn. As we stand by the rigs o' the half-gathered corn.
Fov the King an' the crown ai/ the cause o' high heavpn! The victory's sure, an' the gift has been given. The Lord's on His throne, an' the leal are at ham? ; But it's Filence and tcais at the gates o" the faem l — Jessie Mace\y. Fsirhe, March, 1902.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2504, 19 March 1902, Page 59
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267AFTER BOTHASBERG. Otago Witness, Issue 2504, 19 March 1902, Page 59
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