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 GOOD HOPE.

"" for this good land yet,
 * If we would but dare and do;

If we would but stand with ready hand
 * To grasp ere the blessings go.

"Good Hope" for this good land yet,
 * If we would but stay life-streams,

Which will past us flow while we, too slow,
 * Stand rapt on the bank in dreams.

"Good Hope" for this good land yet,
 * If we would but cease to hope

That the rain will drop and bring a crop
 * While we idly sit and mope.

"Good Hope" for this good land yet,
 * If we work, e'en while we wait

For the sun and rain to ripen grain
 * We have sown, then left to fate.

"Good Hope" for this good land yet,
 * If we use each heav'n-sent gift

As a means to an end, and do not spend
 * Our best without care and thrift.

"Good Hope" for this good land yet,
 * If we live and struggle still

To a better life, through toil and strife,
 * With a stout heart and strong will.