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PERSEVERANCE.
fITAJLB the spade of Perseverance; 2*r. f /Dig the field- of Progress wide; ■ Every har to true instruction : Carry out and/cast aside; Every, stubborn weed of Error, JEvarykeed'that hurts the soiV Tareß, whose very growth is terror—pig them'out/whate’er the toil t
Give the stream-of Education Broader’channel: bolder force; : Hurl the stones of Persecution Cut ■where’er they block its course; Seek for strength in self exertion; Work, and still have faith to wait; Close the crooked gate to fortune; Makevthe road to honor straight;
Men are agents for the Future! As they work so'ages win Either harvest or advancement, Or the product of thoir sin! Follow out true cultivation— Widen Education's plan; From the majesty of Nature Teach' the majestj/of Man ; Chalks Swath,
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Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 56, 27 January 1868, Page 21
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125Select Poetry. Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 56, 27 January 1868, Page 21
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