CLEAR THE WAY.
Men of thought! bs up and stirring Night and day: Sow the Seed—withdraw the curtain—
Clear the way ! Men of action aid and cheer them,
As ye may! There 's n fount abjut to stream, There's a light about to beam, There's a warm'h about to glow, There,'«a flower about to blow ; There's a midnight blackness changing into gray; Men of thought, and men of action,
CIiKAR THE WAY ! Once the welcome light has broken, Who shall iay, What the unimagined glories Of the day ? What the evil that shall perish In its ray ? Aid the dawning, tongue and pen ; Aid it, ho{.e i of honest men j Aid it, paper— aid it, typeAid it, for the hour is ripe, And our earnest must not slacken Into play. Men of thought, and men of action,
Clear the way ! Lo ! a cloud 's about to vanish From the day ; And a biazcn wrong to crumble Into clay. Lo ! the ught's abou' to conquer. CtCAU TUB WAY ! With that right shall many more Enter smiling at the door ; With the giant wrong shall f.ili Many oihtsis, great and eiuull, That for ages long have h'Jd us Foi their prey ; Men of thought, and men of aetiou, Olca.r the AYAVi Pk. Wackav
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New Zealander, Volume 5, Issue 334, 28 July 1849, Page 3
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212CLEAR THE WAY. New Zealander, Volume 5, Issue 334, 28 July 1849, Page 3
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