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Страница 5 - THE WAY ! Lo ! a cloud's about to vanish From the day ; And a brazen wrong to crumble Into clay. Lo ! the Right's about to conquer, CLEAR THE WAY. With the Right shall many more Enter smiling at the door ; With the giant Wrong shall fall Many others, great and small, That for ages long have held us For their prey. Men of thought and men of action, CLEAR THE WAT ! THE GOOD TIME COMING. THERE'S a good time coming...
Страница 16 - To him our praise shall be. But while oppression lifts its head, Or a tyrant would be lord, Though we may thank him for the plough, We'll not forget the sword!
Страница 6 - Wait a little longer. There's a good time coming, boys, A good time coming: The pen shall supersede the sword ; And Right, not Might, shall be the lord In the good time coming. Worth, not Birth, shall rule mankind, And be acknowledged stronger; The proper impulse has been given; — Wait a little longer.
Страница 22 - A LITTLE child, beneath a tree, Sat and chanted cheerily A little song, a pleasant song, Which was — she sang it all day long — "When the wind blows, the blossoms fall, But a good God reigns over all!
Страница 14 - To Tubal Cain came many a one, As he wrought by his roaring fire, And each one prayed for a strong steel . blade As the crown of his desire : And he made them weapons sharp and strong, Till they shouted loud for glee, And gave him gifts of pearl and gold, And spoils of the forest free.
Страница 15 - And, for many a day, old Tubal Cain Sat brooding o'er his woe ; And his hand forbore to smite the ore, And his furnace smouldered low ; But he rose, at last, with a cheerful face, And a bright, courageous eye, And bared his strong right arm for work, While the quick flames mounted high ; And he sang, "Hurrah for my handiwork !" And the red sparks lit the air. — "Not alone for the blade was the bright steel made," And he fashioned the first plowshare.
Страница 7 - Nations shall not quarrel then, To prove which is the stronger, Nor slaughter men for glory's sake— Wait a little longer.
Страница 15 - But a sudden change came o'er his heart, Ere the setting of the sun, And Tubal Cain was filled with pain For the evil he had done; He saw that men, with rage and hate, Made war upon their kind...
Страница 88 - WHAT MIGHT BE DONE. WHAT might be done if men were wise— What glorious deeds, my suffering brother, Would they unite, In love and right, And cease their scorn of one another ? Oppression's heart might be imbued With kindling drops of loving-kindness, And knowledge pour, From shore to shore, Light on the eyes of mental blindness. All slavery, warfare, lies, and wrongs, All vice and crime might die together; And wine and corn, To each man born, Be free...
Страница 15 - For the evil he had done : He saw that men, with rage and hate, Made war upon their kind, That the land was red with the blood they shed, In their lust for carnage blind. And he said — "Alas ! that ever I made, Or that skill of mine should plan The spear and the sword, for men whose joy Is to slay their fellow-man...

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