When wilt Thou save the people?
O God of mercy! when?
Not kings and lords, but nations!
Not thrones and crowns, but men!
Flowers of Thy heart, O God, are they!
Let them not pass, like weeds, away!
Their heritage a sunless day!
God save the people!
Shall crime bring crime for ever,
Strength aiding still the strong?
Is it Thy will, O Father!
That man shall toil for wrong?
'No!' say Thy mountains; 'No!' Thy skies;
'Man's clouded sun shall brightly rise,
And songs be heard instead of sighs.'
God save the people!
When whilt thou save the people?
O God of mercy! when?
The people, Lord! the people!
Not thrones and crowns, but men!
God save the people! Thine they are;
Thy children, as Thy angels fair;
Save them from bondage and despair!
God save the people!
The People's Anthem
About the poet
Ebenezer Elliott
Ebenezer Elliott was an English poet, known as the Corn Law rhymer. Early Life Elliott was born at the New Foundry, Masbrough, in the Parish of Rotherham, Yorkshire. His father, (known as "Devil Elliott", for his fiery sermons) was an extreme Calvinist and a…
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The Tree Of Rivelin
The lightning, like an Arab, cross'dThe moon's dark path on high,
To The Bramble Flower
Thy fruit full well the schoolboy knows,Wild bramble of the brake!
Battle Song
DAY, like our souls, is fiercely dark;What then? 'Tis day!
Rural Rambles - The Village
Sweet village! where my early days were pass'd,Though parted long, we meet, we meet at last!
Steam In The Desert
'God made all nations of one blood,'And bade the nation-wedding flood
