The Empire Flag.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2081, 7 November 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)

The Empire Flag.

IK Sitakt Rj:id. Till- Empire Flag we run aloft I<> lloat o'er all the world ; 'Jlul shot iuhUlicll the ilag that otl 1 l'ofoic has boon unfurled ; fn ptaec or strife, I 'or death or life, Heioes it doth inspire ; And a;ye the bra\c old flag shall wave O'er a world wide Empire, cuonus. Then hurrah ! hurrah for the Empire flag ! For the Shamrock, Rose, and llcathci ; Let us lally lound the dear old land, J'or we're English all together ; Xor Scot, nor Colonial, nor Kelt arc we. lj'it Britons every one ; Then hurrah I hurrah for tho Empire flag ! And England's unsctting sun. From far Australia's sunny land The pulse comes deep and strong ; From icy shores of Canada Is beard the patriot song : •• In peace or strife, For death or life, We boast of English blood ; And England's Empire Flag we'll bear Ever through liic and flood." Chorus: Then bunah ! *.<.. From the Ganges' sacred fountains, Fiom the sources of the Nile. From the Maoiies' misty mountains Js heard this song the while : " In peace or stiii'e, For death or life The Empiic flag shall wave O'er world-wide England — fiecdom'b soil — Where never breathes a slave." Chorus — Then hurrah I kc. From North to South, from East to 'W esl 15 rave hand to hand is giv'n ; And. from each loyal English bieafel This vow ascends to Heaven : " In peace or strife, For death or life ; We stand or fall a*, one ; For th' Empire Flag of England float * O'er Albion's farthest son." Chorus — Then hurrah ! kc.

Tub late Dr. De Koven, of llae ne College, Wisconsin, was in the habit of giving his classes a weekly lecture upon religious subjects, questioning thorn beforohand in order to ascertain what they already knew. On oue of tho occasions the topic was the angel?. " Now," said the doctor, " before I begin lot some of you give mo his notion of an angel." A profound sileuco followed. " Did none of you, for instance, ever hear of Lucifer ? " Thereupon a hand wan lifted to U'ply. " Well,' 1 eaid tho dootor, " what have you to pay of him ? " "Why," replied tho Ftudent, " wnen't he tho fellow that btartcd the German liefonnation, as they say ? "