Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1904 — PAUL KRUGER. [ARTICLE]

PAUL KRUGER.

Banished from home, from all he kwed ao well. Prom kop And veldt where ha was woat to trek ( By force compelled in foreign land* todwell While home and country fell to utter wreck Beneath the greedy lust of armed power. But wand'rer though he was upon the earth, In ev’ry day—yea, ev'ry waking hour— Of human aympathy there waa no dearth. Though greed enthroned rnled by the power » of might. Yet atill through all, he left hope that inspires The patriot heart, and suffering for the right He kept alive his Freedom’s altar fires. Through pain and stress, through days of dark defeat, Through days when even Justice seemed to nod, He kept the faith, and never once his feet Departed from the path—he trusted God. No need of marble shaft to mark the place Wherein this lion-hearted man shall sleep. No storied bust the world shall need to grace j His name, or help his faith to keep. His rugged face, his noble heart and true; His patient soul oft called on to endnre Dire agony—all these shall keep in view Freedom’s great prize he struggled to secure. God grant his bones shall rest beneath the soil Blood-consecrated unto Freedom's name. A mute rebuke to those who would despoil— An everlasting mark of Britain’s shame. And in the after years, when Freedom’s cause Is won; and freemen’s shouts shall rend the skies, Let patriots, passing by, a moment pause And drop a tear where Oom Paul Kruger lies. i —The Commoner.