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 299 TO INDIAN PATRIOTS And serve your Motherland with ceaseless zeal! Yes, self-reliance is a pow'r, indeed- Alladin's wond'rous lamp and magic ring, Whose genii most readily would bring Their happy owner all that he might need! Cherish it, then, with loving heart and hand 'Twill soon revive your drooping energies- Enable you to brave inclement skies- And drive grim Famine from your native land. On, on, ye friends, avoiding feud and strife! Hindu and Moslem, by your actions prove, That ye are brethren, knit in bonds of love, Striving, with Moral strength for light and life ! O God! when will arise that glorious morn, Which shall redress the wrongs that Ind has borne! Brush Politics aside, if but, to please The lordlings here I Eschew all signs and shows Which rudely interfere with their repose, And meekly yield to Kismet's stern decrees! Begone! servile thoughts, offspring of dastard Fear I Swadeshi, still Swadeshi things produce ! Swadeshi goods still largely, widely use ! more and more each year! And go on prospering Let Opulence her ample hoards employ To save the land from drought, disease, and flood, With roads and drains, canals and stores of food, Filling the peasant's home with mirth and joy. The gen'rous flame will more and more inspire Your dauntless breasts with quenchless patriot fire !