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ANTI-CORN-LAW LYRIC.
Hark! a nation's suppliant cry
Goeth upward to the sky—
“Give us bread!”
While those who spurn that nation's weal
With stubborn souls and hearts of steel,
Disdain to heed the wild appeal—
“Give us bread!”
Goeth upward to the sky—
“Give us bread!”
While those who spurn that nation's weal
With stubborn souls and hearts of steel,
Disdain to heed the wild appeal—
“Give us bread!”
Does the God of Justice sleep
While His children wail and weep?—
“Give us bread!”
He sends the soft and summer rain
To feed and fertilise the plain;
Does He work such good in vain?—
“Give us bread!”
While His children wail and weep?—
“Give us bread!”
He sends the soft and summer rain
To feed and fertilise the plain;
Does He work such good in vain?—
“Give us bread!”
No! from His unshaken throne
He hears, and He will help his own:—
“Give us bread!”
Against the oppressors of the land
The Lord shall lift His mighty hand,
Till they shall feel and understand—
“Oh, give us bread!”
He hears, and He will help his own:—
“Give us bread!”
Against the oppressors of the land
The Lord shall lift His mighty hand,
Till they shall feel and understand—
“Oh, give us bread!”
February 2, 1842.
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