IF I WERE A VOICE
If I were a voice, a persuasive voice. Tint could travel the wide world throuq;li 3 1M fly on the wins-sof tho mortiinsr lii>ht, I'd sppiik to miMi wilh n gentle might, I'd le'l th' Mii to he imp. J would il v ! 1 would fly o'er l;,nd mid soa, WluMwer a hunjiin he. nt miv l»", Tel.inu a t.de < r sinuinj; <i wmg, In jir.iiso of flu light, in blame of the wroni^, If 1 woio ;i vnii-o, a convincing voice, That I could tr.iwl with the ail 1 , Tlic homes of smviow and ejuilt I'd seek, Ard kind and (liruthfiil \v<nds I'd a;>eak, To save www from dosp.iir. I M'(jn|.i fly, I woiiltlliy o'er the c-iowdtul tow i), I woulii drop like a bu.uiliCul sunbeam down. Into ihoheaiK of siiftViini; men, I'd teach them to look up again. If T wcie a voice, a consul in«r voice. That could travel with the wind Wheievei I saw the nation torn, l\y w.i faic, j *alon<?y, spito or scorn, Or li itml vi their kind. I would ily ! I would fly on the thunder's tiMsh. And into their darkened bosoms flash. And all their evil thoughts subdued, I'd teach them Christian Brotheihood.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 355, 30 March 1889, Page 8
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207IF I WERE A VOICE Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 355, 30 March 1889, Page 8
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