THE PROCLAMATION.
Saint Patrick, slave to Milcho of the herds
Of Ballymena, wakened with these words:
"Arise, and flee
Out from the land of bondage, and be free!"
Of Ballymena, wakened with these words:
"Arise, and flee
Out from the land of bondage, and be free!"
Glad as a soul in pain, who hears from heaven
The angels singing of his sins forgiven,
And, wondering, sees
His prison opening to their golden keys,
The angels singing of his sins forgiven,
And, wondering, sees
His prison opening to their golden keys,
He rose, a man who laid him down a slave,
Shook from his locks the ashes of the grave,
And outward trod
Into the glorious liberty of God.
Shook from his locks the ashes of the grave,
And outward trod
Into the glorious liberty of God.
