<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=395970" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Brunton Stephens</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The gentle heart that hated wrong,<br>The courage that all ills withstood,<br>The seeing eye, the mighty song<br>That stirred us into Nationhood,<br>Have passed. What garlands can be spread?<br>The Prince of Courtesy is dead. <br>The power that touched all human chords<br>With wit that lightened thro’ the years<br>Without a sting, whose tender words<br>Unsealed the fountain of our tears—<br>Ah! bow the heart and bend the head—<br>The Prince of Courtesy is dead. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Great Singer of the South, who set<br>Thy face to Duty as a star,<br>Though, in hushed skies of violet,<br>Thy throne of kingship gleamed afar,<br>Shall not the toil of common days<br>Add nobler lustre to thy bays! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">O Mighty Voice, whose words shall stand—<br>When all our songs have ceased to be—<br>Steadfast, the watchwords of our land,<br>The guide and torch of Liberty!<br>The Master-Poet called afar,<br>And thou at last hast found thy star!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=George+Essex+Evans">George Essex Evans</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=395970" data-title="Brunton Stephens de George Essex Evans" data-description="The gentle heart that hated wrong, The courage that all ills withstood, The seeing eye, the mighty song That stirred us into Nationhood, Have passed. What garlands can be spread? The Prince of Courtesy is dead. The power that touched all human ch..."></div> </div> </div>

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