TRUTH.
BY D. HARDY, JR.
AS stands the old oak when the tempest is raging,
While others less firm are upturned by the blast,
So Truth, though with Error a warfare is waging,
Is firm and unyielding, triumphant at last.
She stands as unmoved as the bold promontory,
Tow'ring so proud by the waves of the sea;
Her heart-gushing song and her soul-cheering story
Should bless and make glad every land that may be
Truth, mighty and noble, down came from the Maker,
The Sovereign Ruler of earth and of sky;
Then cling to her fondly and never forsake her,
Till death shall have closed thy now beaming eye;
Truth is so mighty, Superstition and Error,
All powerless and weak, must fall by her side;
Then, friends of the Right, do not falter in terror,
But nobly press onward with Truth for your guide.