Poetry. The Monarch.
Not h« who leads the conquering host*, Nor mounts the highest throne, Nor wins the loudest praise of man, Though he aohiere alone. Not he who braves the battle's front, When treason fierce assails, And dam the deadly cannon's mouth, When only hope prevail!. Nor he who smites with all his poweri The falsity of heart, That lurks in subtle reasonings, Or smiles in fanoisd art. Bat he who strikes the/00 within, The part of self that keeps The noble aspirations drowned In mournful lotus sleeps ! Who hears afar the angels call, And Tltan-likc he strives, Until in mortal agony, He rends the iron gyves. And stands at last a soul confessed, Unfettered' free, and grand ; The victor over self, becomes The greatest monarch of the land !
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Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2039, 1 August 1885, Page 5 (Supplement)
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130Poetry. The Monarch. Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2039, 1 August 1885, Page 5 (Supplement)
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