Ballads for the Times (Now first collected,) Geraldine, A Modern Pyramid, Bartenus, A Thousand Lines, and other poems. By Martin F. Tupper. A new Edition, enlarged and revised |
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The Great Exhibition of 1851.
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The Great Exhibition of 1851.
A Ballad for the Workman.
Hurrah! for honest Industry, hurrah! for handy skill,
Hurrah! for all the wondrous works achieved by Wit and Will!
The triumph of the Artizan has come about at length,
And Kings and Princes flock to praise his comeliness and strength.
Hurrah! for all the wondrous works achieved by Wit and Will!
The triumph of the Artizan has come about at length,
And Kings and Princes flock to praise his comeliness and strength.
Now, is the time, the blessed time, for brethren to agree,
And rich and poor of every clime at unity to be;
When Labour honour'd openly, and not alone by stealth,
With horny hand and glowing heart may greet his brother Wealth.
And rich and poor of every clime at unity to be;
When Labour honour'd openly, and not alone by stealth,
With horny hand and glowing heart may greet his brother Wealth.
Aye, wealth and rank are labour's kin, twin brethren all his own,
For every high estate on earth, of labour it hath grown;
By duty and by prudence, and by study's midnight oil,
The wealth of all the world is won by God-rewarded toil!
For every high estate on earth, of labour it hath grown;
By duty and by prudence, and by study's midnight oil,
The wealth of all the world is won by God-rewarded toil!
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Then hail! thou goodly Gathering, thou brotherhood indeed!
Where all the sons of men can meet as honest Labour's seed;
The tribes of turban'd Asia, and Afric's ebon skin,
And Europe and America, with all their kith and kin!
Where all the sons of men can meet as honest Labour's seed;
The tribes of turban'd Asia, and Afric's ebon skin,
And Europe and America, with all their kith and kin!
From East and West, from North and South, to England's happy coast
By tens of thousands, lo! they come, the great industrial host,—
By tens of thousands welcom'd for their handicraft and worth,
Behold they greet their brethren of the Workshop of the Earth.
By tens of thousands, lo! they come, the great industrial host,—
By tens of thousands welcom'd for their handicraft and worth,
Behold they greet their brethren of the Workshop of the Earth.
Right gladly, brother workmen, will each English Artizan
Rejoice to make you welcome all, as honest man to man,
And teach, if aught he has to teach, and learn the much to learn,
And show to men in every land, how all the world may earn!
Rejoice to make you welcome all, as honest man to man,
And teach, if aught he has to teach, and learn the much to learn,
And show to men in every land, how all the world may earn!
Whatever earth, man's heritage, of every sort can yield,
From mine and mountain, sea and air, from forest and from field;
Whatever reason, God's great gift, can add or take away,
To bring the worth of all the world beneath the human sway;
From mine and mountain, sea and air, from forest and from field;
Whatever reason, God's great gift, can add or take away,
To bring the worth of all the world beneath the human sway;
Whatever science hath found out, and industry hath earn'd,
And taste hath delicately touch'd, and high-bred art hath learn'd;
Whatever God's good handicraft, the man He made, hath made,
By man, God's earnest artizan, the best shall be display'd!
And taste hath delicately touch'd, and high-bred art hath learn'd;
Whatever God's good handicraft, the man He made, hath made,
By man, God's earnest artizan, the best shall be display'd!
O think it not an idle show, for praise, or pride, or pelf,
No man on earth who gains a good can hide it for himself;
By any thought that anything can any how improve,
We help along the cause of all, and give the world a move!
No man on earth who gains a good can hide it for himself;
By any thought that anything can any how improve,
We help along the cause of all, and give the world a move!
It is a great and glorious end to bless the sons of man,
And meet for peace and doing good, in kindness while we can;
It is a greater and more blest, the Human Heart to raise
Up to the God who giveth all, with gratitude and praise!
And meet for peace and doing good, in kindness while we can;
It is a greater and more blest, the Human Heart to raise
Up to the God who giveth all, with gratitude and praise!
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