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Through all the long, drear night o f years
T he people's cry a^eendeth,
And earth is wet with blood and tears,
But our meek suffering endeth 1
The feu- shall not forever sway,
The many toil in sorrow;
The powers of hell are strong to-day,
But Christ shall rise to-morrow !
Though hearts brood o’er the past, our eye;'
With sinning futures "listen ;
For <o J our day bursts up the skies—
Lean out our souls and listen!
The world rolls Freedom ’s radianl way,
And ripens with her sorrow :
Keep heart! who bear the cross to-day
Shall wear the crown to-morrOW 1

O, Youth, flame-earnest, still aspire
With energies immortal I
To many a heaven of desire
Our yearning opes a portal!
And though A ge wearies by the way,
And hearts break in the furrow.
W e’ll sow the golden grain to-day—
The harvest comes to-morrow.

Bui id up heroic lives, and all
Be like the sheathen sabre,
Ready to flash out at G o d ’s call—-
O ! Chiva'ry o f la bor!
Triumph and Toil arc twins— and aye
Joy suns the cloud of sorrow ;
And 'tis the martyrdom to-day
Brings victory to-morrow !
G f r a i.t > M assey.