Classic Poem

'Mid storms and convulsions now rending the earth,
'Mid sparkling delusions now starting to birth,
'Mid brains wearing musty, and cheeks waning pale,
Take courage, true heart, for the truth must prevail!

From Europe to Asia, from Afric to Ind,
Delusions are wafted like chaff on the wind;
They gleam and they glitter like sun-lighted hail,
But chill while they gleam, for the truth must prevail!

With knowledge comes science, with science comes power,
And science rears truth, as the stem rears the flower;
When science and truth their bright wonders unveil,
All hearts must be conquered, and truth must prevail!

Proud error may boast of his triumph to-day,
And truth's day of conquest seem far, far away;
But swift as the snorting train fleets on the rail,
Truth's glory advances, and truth must prevail!

The truth may be libelled, the true man opprest,
The jail or the gibbet his honour may test;
But bright rays from heaven light gibbet or jail,
He knows and he feels that the truth must prevail.

Take courage, true heart, then, the victory's thine,
The day is now dawning, the sun soon shall shine;
O'er sky and o'er ocean, o'er mountain and dale,
God's glory shall rise, and God's truth shall prevail!