Sword And Plough

Tlierc onco tvu r riount, so Vva heard it said - Who feit thnt hisend drew near; And ho cullcil hia sonB befbre liis bed To part iLcm lus goodH and jit-ar. He Oftlled for Ms plouph, lie ealled for bis iword, T hut pallaiit, ood and bnvve ; ïtiey brotighi him both ftt llinr father'u wurd, And ihu ho hia bltsoings gave. My flrst liorn son, ray piidt and might, J thou itiy word retaiu : Sfyouttoon (hti lonlly heitfht, Aud h11 my broad doniain. 11 On thee, my well-lovod younger boy, My ploiiLrh I here bcstow, A pwMSftfuJ liffi li:ilr thou fiijoy, lu tfaeqoiet vi; tclow." Contfented sauk the site to rest, Now all was giTen away ; NM heW trne hiv UH bt-hest, E'tn üu üieirUyiug dy, Now toll lis vhftt rtiTiip of the steel and flame, ÜÍ tin1 c.'istlo and itf ktiii'lit ï And teil 11 h ff Kft( OjuiH-nt' the v;lc tO tüUiy, And tbc humble peaünt witit ï " O :i(tk not of mo whnt the end inay be .' Ast of f lie country rnund ! The chh! 1" in dust, tïie sword ia rust, The hciht is but deaert gruuud. But tlie rata spreads vide in tho golden prida Of the HDtumn nwnlifrM DOlf ; IttMioi and if ripena nu ukd wide, And the honor ftbidet witli the plouxh.