ON AGAIN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume II, Issue 65, 25 July 1874, Page 13

ON AGAIN.

BY FBANCIS DAVIS. And so the would-be storm is past, And true men hnv« out-lived it ; Can truth be bowed by falsehood's Wast ? They're slaves who e'er believed it : Let cravens crawl and adders hiss, And foes look on delighted ! To one and all our answer's this, We're wronged and must be righted. Then on again, A chain's a chain, Althoneh a king should make it : Be this our creed, A slave indeed Is he who dare not break it. 'Ti* not in slander's poisonous lips To kill the patriot's ardour ; Their blight may reach the blossom-tips, But not the fount of verdure : For he who fepls his country's dole, By naneht can be confounded, Bnt. onward sweeps his fearless soul. Though death be walking round it. Then on again, A chain's a chain, Although a kine should make it: A slave, though freed, WeTe he indeed Who dare not try to break it. And While ye euard against the shoals Thnt- hide each past endeavour, Give freemen's tongues to true men's souls, Or damn the terms for ever : Let baseness wander through the dark, And hug its own restriction. But oh ! be ours the euiding snark Produced by mental friction ! Then on again, A chain's a chain, Although a king should make it, ; Be this our creed, A slave indeed Is he who dare not break it.