 | 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition |  |
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HOW TO VOTE.
Vote for your glorious Church and Crown,
An empire all unrent;
For merry England's old renown,
And goodly government.
An empire all unrent;
For merry England's old renown,
And goodly government.
Vote for the men who reverence law,
And love each holy right;
Who will preserve our fame from flaw,
And keep our banner bright.
And love each holy right;
Who will preserve our fame from flaw,
And keep our banner bright.
Vote for the men who honour hold,
Better than power and place;
Who do not sell themselves for gold,
Nor triumph in disgrace.
Better than power and place;
Who do not sell themselves for gold,
Nor triumph in disgrace.
Vote for the men whose hearts are fond,
Who heed not slander's breath;
Whose word is sacred as their bond,
Who guard it unto death.
Who heed not slander's breath;
Whose word is sacred as their bond,
Who guard it unto death.
Vote for the men whose hands are clean,
Whose purposes are pure;
Who scorn the muddy ways and mean,
And of themselves are sure.
Whose purposes are pure;
Who scorn the muddy ways and mean,
And of themselves are sure.
Vote for the men who will not swerve,
From virtues that have been;
Who deem their chiefest pride, to serve
Their country and their Queen.
From virtues that have been;
Who deem their chiefest pride, to serve
Their country and their Queen.
Vote for the men who nobly act,
What they have nobly said;
Remember every broken pact,
And the forgotten aid.
What they have nobly said;
Remember every broken pact,
And the forgotten aid.
Vote for the men who falsehood hate,
Nor work their comrades ill;
Remember Gordon and his fate,
And black Majuba Hill.
Nor work their comrades ill;
Remember Gordon and his fate,
And black Majuba Hill.
Vote for the men who still have stood,
True to the Nation's trust;
For all that ancient is and good,
The beautiful and just.
True to the Nation's trust;
For all that ancient is and good,
The beautiful and just.
Vote for the men who fear their God,
And prize His solemn dower;
Who tread the path their fathers trod,
To progress and to power.
And prize His solemn dower;
Who tread the path their fathers trod,
To progress and to power.
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Vote for the men who promise homes
To children and to wives;
For peace to our endangered domes,
Our liberties and lives.
To children and to wives;
For peace to our endangered domes,
Our liberties and lives.
Vote for the happy days of old,
New federated might;
Let England hold what England held,
And Heaven defend her right!
New federated might;
Let England hold what England held,
And Heaven defend her right!
| 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition | |