The complete poetical works of Thomas Campbell Oxford edition: Edited, with notes by J. Logie Robertson |
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SONG OF THE COLONISTS DEPARTING FOR NEW ZEALAND
Steer, helmsman, till you steer our way
By stars beyond the line;
We go to found a realm, one day
Like England's self to shine.
CHORUS.By stars beyond the line;
We go to found a realm, one day
Like England's self to shine.
Cheer up! cheer up! our course we'll keep
With dauntless heart and hand;
And when we've ploughed the stormy deep,
We'll plough a smiling land,—
A land where beauties importune
The Briton to its bowers
To sow but plenteous seeds and prune
Luxuriant fruits and flowers.
The Briton to its bowers
To sow but plenteous seeds and prune
Luxuriant fruits and flowers.
Chorus.—Cheer up, &c.
There tracts uncheered by human words,
Seclusion's wildest holds,
Shall hear the lowing of our herds
And tinkling of our folds.
Seclusion's wildest holds,
Shall hear the lowing of our herds
And tinkling of our folds.
Chorus.—Cheer up, &c.
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Like rubies set in gold shall blush
Our vineyards girt with corn;
And wine, and oil, and gladness gush
From Amalthéa's horn.
Our vineyards girt with corn;
And wine, and oil, and gladness gush
From Amalthéa's horn.
Chorus.—Cheer up, &c.
Britannia's pride is in our hearts,
Her blood is in our veins;
We'll girdle earth with British arts,
Like Ariel's magic chains.
Her blood is in our veins;
We'll girdle earth with British arts,
Like Ariel's magic chains.
Chorus.—Cheer up, &c.
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