MISS HUDSON'S POEM.
'J.'ni: following lines were written after r.Mdiin? Mi-.s Hud-ion's prize poem in TIIK Waik.u-o Time;*, (if 2Sth July :— I rc.ul tliosc lines ..f Mobli! thought And pumleri'il as I read: Run would iftrasptluMr nv.yiiri;cf«ll..ilran all tlicpiMris tli ■■)■ pli(-d. Sivcut sinner .if tli- llin>l •.. 1 wciii rhy hi-.irt i.i hir- r <;.: .mil tin.', 1.1<,. cnulil'st th..u ii-.1, in numbers v.vcut, i;:.pn:s.s thy ni.l.ii'. view. Impress thy nolilnvi.:-.!-, which isA 5 S..UIU urn: d-iO <1..t1l siiu;From l.ibc.ur < i-i the .Majesty Th...lmib.-i.i.in.i.i aUinj;. S',.-!i never ciu'.il h ive been a curio loitil it w..:; abiiicd — ['.nil rami in his fellow m,in Hie dnusoftoil refused. Sweet's l.iliour's bread ivliun bread ii won J Sweet is Luiitcntod r.-st : Orand is the dignity <if toil, When toil's by jiibtite ble.t. But bitter fir thin de.ith's 1 hill hand, And colder than Ihe-rave, ■Hip. curse of unrciiiited toil J'hat nuker. a nun a slave. " Noue liveth for him-ell!" -None oiifflit ; Alas! how nriuy do 1 But speed the day when more sli.il) take Thy broad and noble view ; When man will feel that •• noble joy " I rue brotherhood doth giveAnd, Icclini,' thus and living thus, So help his lello-.vs live. linrh be a part nf 0110 ureal whole. By roininon inti-vest bound, I'.-irh si-rviiiK ail-not many one, No idle drones be found; Th'ii will all be true noblemen, [■>.ii...l»li:d by tlieir aim ; Xr. loiif.sr self enumerate Its million victims slain. U.ir heroes now. Ah ! who are they, and dinner : Who (rur.eralltheco,,,; ofr-arth, Til pl.iee oi bread, (,'ivi, stones ; Who toil des|)isc. strotrli Iriuds oi snow To fjra u wh.lt others win, Who, when liummiitv rebel:., Deem rebellion sin. Nay. those who higher altitude.. Attain by labour A»\i, Wlio fiom the topmost heights of thought r.ool- down ou plains of woe, V/lio die belied, unwept, iiiisun?, Hut 1-avo their truths behind ; Ihes. are our matchlesi heroes true— liieir truths the a(,".-s lind. ,'Jwr-ct sinner of the T'haiuci, 'twas said I ho spirit of thy soni; W.is contra to the toilers' thought, Who like* mil work forlon K . bci-kr. but bi«h wage for scant return, No hifflii-r aim can take. Aud cannot value labour done ihat's done for labour's sake. All, no ! the spirit of thy srmjr Breathed r.oTilest brotherhood, And highest sentiment•; that .lie Hut partly understood, limiv.'s none could read thy glorious linM Ap.l Mil their aim to see, rnl.-i.- twore those whose narrow seu^e Aitrit>i::L-bsuclitoth,v. "'l'.'/Lw^r'.-Voiinur!'.!.-.;;!!! , .': Iμ million «iut:i hold Th.v 1.;.-ii and nohloaimTiie higlian.l noble aim to reach, ([i.-h.T than yet th.-y'vu stood, Ttl-lieM.t t'nt only can be wen JSy noble broth.tl:-,.,,!.
W.C.C.vsii.i'.roN, Hamilton.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2979, 18 August 1891, Page 4
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432MISS HUDSON'S POEM. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2979, 18 August 1891, Page 4
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