One People, One Destiny

Southland Times, Issue 11751, 2 June 1891, Page 4

One People, One Destiny

[The ekief toait of the Federal banquet— •On* people, one destiny' — has appealed nringfy to Lady Jersey's imagination, and tefpired an muie.] ;. Ifiioare the people and whence hare they ". „ tproßg . Wbtke horoscope thus is forecast ? Waas/ «ag« feu written, what minstrel has tug, Tha.aseas which they wrought in the past? .Wu^.noOua hare borne and what fathers '" ' "begot Tm sou who to Empire lay claim? Ojtf they wnstla witK doom, did they conquer " wtaiSefli a plade and a name? Either thity «am»from the uttermost sea, " ""Thjrlaad of the miat and the foam: Cradial ia bo»e by the none of the f ree— fay, have they forgotten their home? aw latter*, the sea-kings, bore sway in the north, Theirsabthera knew nothing cf dread, Bat railed as they kissed them and bade them go forth To triumph — with God overhead. They battled with ocean, tempest, and storm, .With loneliness, hanger, and heat; Wish Batata ia many a perilous form, ArfneTer acknowledged defeat. 4My%an iron the hannt of the savage and bout ""-The pasture, the grain, and ths gold, And made a new home for the highest and least Of tae country they loved of old. .What is the dett ny which ye foretell The sons of the men who o'ercama ? What is their gift to the land where they iwell Of glory, of riches, and fame? Yet young doth she stand 'mid the elders of earth, Hsr loot on ths ladder of fate, And asks of the children to whom she gave birth What future 18 hen to await. TaeHsaswer is theirs— the Father who led their sixes, like Israel of yore. All blessings of heaven and earth has shed OXloreat, on plain, and on shore. Mmg-limbed and true-hearted— no tyrant to giind, Ho toman to bid them beware— Te no happy race in the tale of mankind Has risen a vision so fair. Lit" them, when heart has been knitted to '■"*■■ lie*rt, The future in calmness sbtfe; Let them, when hand has with hani taken part, Fear God, and fear nothing beside. Thau Queen has the keys of an empire to keep* , Where sets and where rises the sun; Thau brothers, her wardens, are lords of the deepOne People— their Destiny one: