the year of jubilee.
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A baleful influence seemed at work
Both upon land and sea;
For floods, fires, storms, combined to mar
Our year of jubilee.
Both upon land and sea;
For floods, fires, storms, combined to mar
Our year of jubilee.
The engineers' lock-out, too, cast
Its shadow far and wide;
And many hapless homes have been
In want this Christmastide.
Its shadow far and wide;
And many hapless homes have been
In want this Christmastide.
Heaven grant a speedy settlement,
And may we live to see
Labour and capital go hand
In hand harmoniously.
And may we live to see
Labour and capital go hand
In hand harmoniously.
Grave interests are at stake; we need
The wisdom of a seer,
To safely guide the National barque
Throughout the coming year.
The wisdom of a seer,
To safely guide the National barque
Throughout the coming year.
Born amid universal strife,
Who can prognosticate
The issues of events which lie
In eighteen ninety-eight?
Who can prognosticate
The issues of events which lie
In eighteen ninety-eight?
Would God, all strife and discord might
Cease now, for evermore;
And peace with this new year be born
On every troubled shore.
Cease now, for evermore;
And peace with this new year be born
On every troubled shore.
