A SONG FOR THINKERS.
Take the spade of Perseverance, Dig the field of progress wide ; Every rotten root of fiction Carry out and cast aside. A Every stubborn j;oot of error : Every seed that hurts the soil : Tares, whose very growth is terror — Dig them out whate'er the toil ! . '■ \ Give the stream of Education Broader channel, bolder force ; Hurl the stones of Persecution Out, where'er they block its course. Seek for strength in self-exertion : Work and still have faith to wait; Close the crooked road to fortune, Make the road to honour straight. Men are agents for the future ; As they work so ages win Either harvest of advancement, Or tho product of their sin. Follow out true cultivation ; Widen Education's plan ; From the Majesty of Nature Teach the Majesty of Man. Take the spade of Perseverance, Dig the field of Progress wide ; Every bar to true instruction Carry out and cast aside. Feed tho plant whose fruit is wisdom ; Cleanse from crime tho common sod, So that from the Throne of Heaven It may boar the glance of God. Charles Swain.
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Clutha Leader, Volume III, Issue 135, 9 February 1877, Page 2
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182A SONG FOR THINKERS. Clutha Leader, Volume III, Issue 135, 9 February 1877, Page 2
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