A Voice From the West.

Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2105, 19 May 1898, Page 3

A Voice From the West.

[; The London Times publishes \ the following poem by the Poet Laureate:—] • ' . New York. The American mind has lately grown familiar with the idea of co-operation between England and the United States. V Iggery day brings fresh evidence of the sympathy felt for England in this country.. • ./- ■ ' From Our Own Correspondents. - . I ' •' ' ' What is the voice I hear On the wind of the Western Sea ? Sentinel! Listen from our Cape Clear, And Bay what the vojce may be. •V ‘Tia a proud free People calling loud to People proud and free.’ - ’XL • " ' ' And it eays to them, ‘ Kinsmen, hail! We savored have been to© long ; * ; Now let urhave done with a worn-out. .tale,', / \ The Tale of an ancient wrong, And onr friendship last long as love doth last and be stronger 'than death is ' - strong/ ' .! in -\ . . ...Answer them sons of the self-same race, And blood of the lelf-satae clan. Let ns . speak with each other face to face;;; ;v t ; /y._y.; > And. answer, as man to man, •• And loyally love and trust each other, as none but free men can. . ' Now, fling them out to the breeze. Shamrock, Thistle, and Bose! yAnd the Star-Spangled Banner unfurl if LVithjthsWv . • A message to friends,and.foes, ■ Wherever the sails of peace are seen, and wherever the War wind blows. .• v . A message to bond and thrall to wake, For, wherever we come, we twain, The throne of the Tyrant shall rock and quake;.' . . And his menace be void and vain; For you are lords of a strong young land and we are lgrds of the main, . . .VI .Veß this is the Voice on the bluff maroh Rale. , 'v * We severed have been too long ? But now wo have done with a worn out • tale, The tale of an ancient wrong, And our friendship last long as love doth - last, and be stronger than Death iB stronger : , Alfbbd Austin. V' .. '; 11 ~ Coughs "and" Colds take Wood’s /V Great Peppermint |Care,‘ 1/8 and So,