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'Chorus. For brave Lalor——
Was found "all there"
With dauntless dare:
His men inspiring:
To wolf or bear,
Defiance bidding,
He made them swear——
Be faithful to the Standard, for victory or death. (Bis.)
II.
Blood-hounds were soon let loose, with grog imbued.
And murder stained that Sunday! Sunday morning;
The Southern Cross in diggers' gore imbued,
Was torn away, and left the diggers mourning!'
III.
Victoria men, to scare, stifle, or tame,
To quarter-deck monsters are too impotent;
The Southern Cross will float again the same.
United Britons, ye are omnipotent.
Thus I had spanned the strings of my harp, but the strain broke them asunder in the gaol.
LXXXIII.
INITIUM SAPIENTIE EST TIMOR DOMINI.
There are circumstances in life, so inexplicable for the understanding; so intricate for the counsel; so overwhelming for the judgment; so tempting for the soul; so clashing with common sense; so bewildering for the mind; so crushing for the heart; that even the honest man cannot help at moments to believe in FATE. Hence the "sic sinuerunt Fata," will dash the fatalist a-head, and embolden him to knock down friend or foe, so as to carry out his conceit. If successful, he is a Caesar; if unsuccessful, ignominy and a violent grave are the reward of his worry.
If this be true, as far as it goes, whilst
