Song of Unity.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 19, 14 July 1911, Page 9

Song of Unity.

> 4 \ They have tied the world in a tether, \ They have bought over God X with a fee; While three men hold together \ Their kingdoms are less by v three. £ We have dons with the kisses £ «• that sting, \ The thief's mouth red from "*f the feast, J The blood on the hands of the \ king, «T And the lie on the lips cf the I priest. Will they tic the winds in a tether? Put a bit in the jaws of the sea? While three men hold together Their kingdom is less by three. While the shepherd sets wolves on his sheep, And the emperor halters his kine, While Shame is a watchman asleep, And Faith is a keeper of swine. Let the wind shake our flag like a feather, Like the plumes of the foam of the sea, But while three men hold together, Their kingdom is less by three —Swinburne.