A POETIC ECHO.
1 The pomp of courts and pride of kings? 3 I praise above all earthly things. 5 I love my country, but my king, 7 Above all men his praise I’ll sing. 9 The royal standard is displayed, 11 And may success the standard aid. 21 fain would banish far from hence, 4 The rights of men and common sense. . 6 Confusion to his odious reign, : 8 That foe to princes—Thomas Paine. ■ J lO Defeat and ruin seize the cause 12 Of France’s liberty and laws. The above lines were written by Arthur O’Connor, one of the Irish patriots of 1799, who was confined in , Fort George till he died. It was while there he wrote these lines, which he intended to be read as I have numbered them, 1,2, 3,4, and so on. Those who know anything of those times"will easily see the reason.—From a correspondent of the “ Dunedin Echo.”
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2488, 11 March 1881, Page 4
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154A POETIC ECHO. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2488, 11 March 1881, Page 4
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