INFLEXIBLE AS FATE.
When for a^ passing hour Rome's iiiarily sway Felfe the sharp =sb.6ck of Canute's ad-verse day, , • < Forum, and field, and Senke Hortsfe #ere rent ' WitK cries' of not hiisfciviiig nor*-la'rnerft, Only of men corr tending there who should Purchase' the iSpot'on which the Victor Stood. Legion on , legion fcpvang' ' up' from the prround, Gleamed through * the Itind, then over " oc(ean wound, J 111 l Sc!pi3'3 eagTes 3warmea"bn 'Afl-ic'a fhore, [ And Carthage .Jpertehed, 'to "in&ilt 'no "more. No' lbbs 'resolved tßan Rome,' now England stands, — \ Pacing foul ' fortune * with unfaltering •haMs r hpr vast realms" is ''neither fear nor feud, ; calm in -etreagtfr, and'slteeled in fortit ude, She fills the 'gaps of dfe&th ' with' eager rite, r Thkt will 'not ' lag or haggle • in' the strife, i Till, having backward tolled' the lawless tide Of "'trusted ' fctfetoh, tyranny, ' and ' false pride, Her -<la>:j hath 'brought, ■ indexible 'as • Fate, Charter of Freedom to a' fettered State. ,
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 144, 12 May 1900, Page 3
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157INFLEXIBLE AS FATE. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 144, 12 May 1900, Page 3
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