A Song of Empire.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43315, 21 April 1908, Page 3

A Song of Empire.

Pw ■M U, T> BT tbs Env. PaoFKssoK W. W Sk*lt, , •: L.L.D. r “Jfel)o master of the sea is an abridgexaVt of monarchy.” Bacon/ Essay 29. < 'No foreign tods of aiien speech * # , Ch « V l ?** 1 domains divide ; Our British ports speak each to. each -Across a friendly tide. F Th , « f^,S^Bko^t^^ g *P ore r* v free; , ; / fejomed with India’s shore While Britain rules the sea. phort».- i -rTh«ni build the ships and train ■ the crews. . • j £ the cost may be; / ”*™ heritage ? twere shame to lose—’lla ours to rile the sea! far-reaching ocean laves • " ' -*h° Iwt Colonial strand, otl7mtiiig seas their willing waves from land to land. * Neptune’s restless realm is ours, : i L™ merchant’s course is free; *«*???* J?°. * orce of foreign powers While Britain guards the sea ! y- ? • Then build the ships, etc ■’i ■' : - ' Bysewnan.hip this inland rose i Empire vast to claim l ; English language grows fame; . ( ' But should the weakened fleet give way : V. Supremacy wonld flee ; And checked would be our slighted sway v > By every hostile sea. ■' , v ■ >rV Then build the ships, etc. ... _ . - 1