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328 THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF |
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SONG FOR JULY 12TH, 1843
Air—" Boyne Water "
C
OME ! pledge again thy heart and hand — One grasp that ne'er shall sever; Our watchword be—" Our native land ! " Our motto—" Love forever ! " And let the Orange lily be . Thy badge, my patriot-brother — The everlasting Green for me ; And we for one another.
Behold how green the gallant stem
On which the flower is blowing j How in one heavenly breeze and beam
Both flower and stem are glowing. The same good soil, sustaining both,
Makes both united flourish ; But cannot give the Orange growth,
And cease the green to nourish.
Yea, more—the hand that plucks the flow'r
Will vainly strive to cherish ; The stem blooms on—but in that hour
The flower begins to perish. Regard them, then, of equal worth
While lasts their genial weather; The time's at hand when into earth
The two shall sink together. |
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