Fraternity-Testvériség, 1941 (19. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1941-10-01 / 10. szám
16 TESTVÉRISÉG And yet — enough for Hope and Trust, And Victory in coming years; Enough to rouse the true and brave, Whereever Freedom's banners wave! Heroic deeds, and noble death; Defeat that fills the World with gloom — Oh, craven despots! know ye not Such triumph brings unerring doom? Aye! know ye not, o’er all the Earth, Such wrongs give TRUTH and FREEDOM birth? Go! bind your chains on Austrian slaves! Lo! Freedom thunders and Marseilles! (1) New aspirations rise in France, ’Mid Scotia’s hills and England’s vales, And burning tides of feeling sweep To us from o’er the rolling deep. Let base betrayers of the free Go fatten on the spoils of crime; Be mine, Kossuth, to strive with thee, And bind my brother’s heart to thine, Prouder with thee to suffer wrong, Than share the victory with the strong. With good and brave Kosciusko’s (2) name — With Bruce, and Washington, and Tell, Brave old DeKalb, and Lafayette, And Warren in the fight that fell, Thy name shall ever honored be High in the annals of the free! A Avelcome from each manly heart, A cheer from every freeman’s grasp, A cordial, warm, fraternal grasp, Shall greet thee as our honored guest; Nor Russian threats, nor Austrian gold, Our words of sympathy withold. Orwell, December, 1851. Edward D. Howard From: “The National Era,” Washington, D. C. February 12 th, 1852. (1) Referring to Kossuth’s reception at Marseilles. (2) Pronounced Kosshusko.
