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WHAT IS NOBLE? BY CHABTiES SWAIN. What is noble ? To inherit Wealth, estate, and proud degree, There must "be some greater merit Higher yet than these for me. Something greater far must enter Into life's majestic span : Fitted to create and centre True nobility in man. What is noble ? Tis the finer Portion of our mind and heart: Linked to something yet diviner Than mere language can impart: Ever prompting—ever seeing Some improvement yet to plan; To uplift our fellow being— And, like man, to feel for man. 'Mid the dust, and speed, and clamor, Of the loom-shed and the mill: 'JJlidst the clink of wheel and hammer, Great results are growing still. Though too oft by Fashion's creatures Work and workers may be blamed : Commerce need not hide its features, Industry is not ashamed. What is noble ? That which places Truth in its enfranchised will, Leaving steps—like angel traces— That mankind may follow still, E'en through scorn's malignant glances Prove him poorest of his clan, He's the Noble—who advances . Freedom and the cause of man. — Odd-Felloivs' Magazine.
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Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 425, 19 November 1861, Page 4
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180Select Poetry. Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 425, 19 November 1861, Page 4
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