On our country's blessings, all
Look around, look around;
No tyranny nor bloodshed
Here is found, here is found:-
So with heart and voice we'll cheer
The Queen we love so dear:
Let her reign in peace, not fear
From those around, those around.
THE GOOD TIME COMING.
CHARLES MACKAY.-Music at Davidson's.
THERE's a good time coming, boys,
A good time coming:
We may not live to see the day,
But earth shall glisten in the ray
Of the good time coming.
Cannon-balls may aid the truth,
But thought's a weapon stronger,-
We'll win our battles by its aid;-
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.
There's a good time coming, boys,
A good time coming:
War in all men's eyes shall be
A monster of iniquity
In the good time coming.
Nations shall not quarrel then
То prove which is the stronger,
Nor slaughter men for glory's sake;-
Wait a little longer.
There's a good time coming, boys,
A good time coming:
Hateful rivalries of creed
Shall not make their martyrs bleed,
In the good time coming.
Religion shall be shorn of pride,
And flourish all the stronger;
And Charity shall trim her lamp ;—
Wait a little longer.
There's a good time coming, boys,
A good time coming:
And a poor man's family
Shall not be his misery,
In the good time coming.
Every child shall be a help
To make his right arm stronger;
The happier he the more he has ;-
Wait a little longer.
There's a good time coming, boys,
A good time coming:
Little children shall not toil
Under or above the soil,
In the good time coming;
But shall play in healthful fields
Till limbs and mind grow stronger;
And every one shall read and write ;-
Wait a little longer.
There's a good time coming, boys,
A good time coming:
The people shall be temperate,
And shall love instead of hate,
In the good time coming.
They shall use and not abuse,
And make all virtue stronger;-
The reformation has begun ;-
Wait a little longer.
There's a good time coming, boys,
A good time coming:
Let us aid it all we can-
Every woman, every man,
In the good time coming.
Smallest helps, if rightly given,
Make the impulse stronger-
"Twill be strong enough one day ;-
Wait a little longer.
(Air-"To all you Ladies now on Land.")
MAY every year but draw more near
The time when strife shall cease,
When truth and love all hearts shall move
To live in joy and peace!
Now sorrow reigns, and earth complains,
For Folly still her cause maintains;
But the day shall yet appear
When the might with the right and the truth shall
And, come what there may to stand in the way,
That day the world shall see!
Though interest pleads that noble deeds
The world will not regard,
To noble minds, when duty binds,
No sacrifice is hard!
In vain and long-enduring wrong,
The weak have strove against the strong;
But the day shall yet appear
When the might with the right and the truth shall be!
And, come what there may to stand in the way,
That day the world shall see!
Let good men ne'er of truth despair,
Though humble efforts fail;
Oh, give not o'er until, once more,
The righteous cause prevail !
The brave and true may seem but few,
But hope has better things in view;
And the day shall yet appear
When the might with the right and the truth shall be!
And, come what there may to stand in the way,
That day the world shall see!
YET one more cheer, one brotherly cheer,
To speed the good youth on his way!
There's plenty to hope and little to fear
For those who have chosen the good part here,
While it is call'd to-day.
Ah! well do I wot the perils and snares
Of this bad world and its lust;
Temptations and sorrows, vexations and cares,
Grow with the young heart's wheat like tares,
And worry it down to the dust!
Yet better, I know, if the spirit will pray
When trouble is near at hand,
If the heart pleads hard for grace to obey,
Brother, no sin shall lure thee astray;
By faith thou still shalt stand.
For Heaven bends over to help and to bless,
With all a Redeemer's power,
The spirit that strives, when evils oppress,
Its God to serve and its Lord to confess
In dark temptation's hour.
Thou, then, fair brother, go cheerily forth,
And manfully do your best,
In all sincerity's warmth and worth
Go forth-be pure, be happy on earth,
And so evermore be blest!
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
GOD save our gracious Queen!
Long may Victoria reign:
God save the Queen!
Send her victorious,
Happy, and glorious,
Long to reign over us,
God save the Queen!
O Lord our God arise,
Scatter her enemies,
And make them fall.
Confound their politics,
Frustrate their knavish tricks;
On Thee our hopes we fix:
God save the Queen!
Thy choicest gifts in store,
On her be pleased to pour,
Long may she reign!
May she defend our laws,
And ever give us cause,
To sing, with heart and voice,
God save the Queen!
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