GREAT BRITAIN.
"The water round about it, whose rampart was the sea."—Nahum 3, 8.
'•'' Thou hast the foremost place among'the \ nations of the earth, , And liberty's the boast and song of those who gavest birth. What is the secret of thy power, of thy pre-eminence ? That leaves thee with so rich a dower of unsurpassed magnificence?
The secret is the mighty sea that girdles thee around: A bulwark safe, to keep the free, from, victor's conquering sound. Bight round the globe, whoe'er descries, the wide world o'er, Will see thy fleet of argosies, to earth's most distant shore. And to thy sons the uuconquered sea, its spirit has imbued "The glorious love of liberty that will not be subdued. 0 favored land forget not thou, when on thy throne elate. > * The Rod of llercies, humbly, for such a glorious state. For He has spanned thee with the mighty sea pf liberty and power "\ f Of nations thou the chief to be till ~ i earth's remotest hour, WILLIAM WALLER. New Plymouth. • _' Joae i\ 1013. _ ; _/ _
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 13, 16 June 1913, Page 5
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173GREAT BRITAIN. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 13, 16 June 1913, Page 5
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