" THE COVENANT."
R.UDYARD KIPLING'S POEM
As an aid to its advocacy of the cause of Ulster, the League of British Ooven-*nter-s is now publishing a-w"eeldy paper, The Coveranter. In the first number, copies of which are to hand by the English mail, pride of place is given tc Mr lludyard Kipling's poem, The Covenant." We tliought we ranked above the chance of ill. Others might fail, not we, for we were wise Merchants m freedom. So of our free -. will * We let our servants drug our strength with lies. j Tho pleasure, and the poison had its way j On us as on tho meanest, till we learned That he who lives will steal, who steals will stay. Neither God's judgment nor man's heart was turned. Yet there remains His mercy— to be ■sought Through wrath and peril while we cleanse the wrong ' By that last right which our forefathers claimed When their Law failed them and its stewards were bought. This 5k our cause. God help us, and , make strong Our wills to meet Him later, unashamed.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13430, 11 July 1914, Page 9
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178" THE COVENANT." Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13430, 11 July 1914, Page 9
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