THE MEN UPON THE LAND.
The city folk, they whirl about In cab and tram and train, . They grumble at the days of drought, They grumble at the rain. To comfort wed arid easy ways, They fear to soil a hand ; But the men who build a nation are the men upon the land.
The city calls, its streets are gay, . Its pleasures well supplied, So of its life-blood every day Its robs the countryside. - To banks and shops and offices Men throng, an eager bandBut the hearts that build the nation are the men upon the land.
How shall we call Australia great And strong when danger calls, When half the people oi the State . Are crammed m city walls? 'And the wide heritage we holdLies empty and unmanned, And the strength that makes a nation is not rooted m the land.
Break off! Strike out! 0 come away! Be master of your life ; A home for every heart to-day That fears not toil or strife!" There's music m the axe's ring, Swung by a strong man's hand, And the men that make the nation are the men upon the land. —Geo. Essex Evans, m the Brisbane Courier. ; ;
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10659, 12 May 1906, Page 6 (Supplement)
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199THE MEN UPON THE LAND. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10659, 12 May 1906, Page 6 (Supplement)
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