Református ujság - Fraternity-Testvériség, 1940 (18. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1940-11-01 / 11. szám

TESTVÉRISÉG

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ON THE ARRIVAL OF KOSSUTH

Once in an Age a mind appears

That seems by will of Heaven ordained

To gather in the thoughts of years,

And show to man what Man has gained.

And be the Martyr at the stake,

Or Hero on the well-fought field.

Millions do battle for his sake,

And know not to retreat or yield;

But, gaining on the Future still,

Old errors fall before their way,

Like clouds before the sun, until The morning broadens into day.

Such was our Washington, who stood Before mankind with purpose high,

And showed them how to carve the Good From forth the Age then rolling by.

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Since his, no name in patriot ranks

Hath shown with milder, steadier ray,

Nor more deserves the bondman’s thanks That his, who is our guest today.

A welcome, then, from our free land Unto the Magyar, tried and true!

Though foiled himself, the work he planned The Future yet shall carry through!

New York, 1851. H. Chilton.

From: “Littell’s Living Age” Boston, Feb. 7, 1852. (From the "Tribune”)

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KOSSUTH, THE HUNGARIAN

Give the Magyar a welcome, ye sons of the free,

Since his life is devoted, O Freedom! to thee;

Bless the hero, that comes to her blood-purchased soil,

Where no king can enslave and no tyrant despoil.

Give the Magyar a welcome with heart and with hand, Where each man is a monarch who lives in the land;

Let. him feel that the flag which floats o’er him in pride Wraps the brave in its starry folds graceful and wide.

Though he comes not in pomp, though he comes not in power, To be gazed at by crowds for a brief passing hour,

There’s a halo around him, a spell in his name,

That may yet the down-trodden of Eui’ope inflame.

Though he hears not the drum and the bugle of war,

Let the winds waft the shouts of his welcome afar:

They may wake the hushed spirit of Freedom again,

And her songs be re-echoed on mountain and plain.