Doubt me not!–You cannot doubt
Because for Freedom I cry out!
The cry which has been all to you,
You surely love from others, too,
And, Sister, most from me–
From me, engaged, at your own will,
To share your lot of good or ill,
The joy or grief, the shame or glory,
Of your fortunes and your story–
Sister! no! no!
For a lot so high and brave
You cannot choose a willing slave,
And Slave I will not be!
Doubt me not!–the slander scout
Which for my worship bids you doubt;
‘Twas practised by your men of old,
Who Priest and Prince unflinching told
That they their land would free;
And if in mine a priest be found
To our good cause at heart unsound,
He too may know the place decreed him
In our plan of Equal Freedom–
Oh no! oh no!
By a Christian’s hope and troth,
And by a true heart’s scorn and wrath,
In this they slander me!
Doubt me not!–though still they say
That I would wile my chains away,
And summon back my strength and pride,
And then, unfaithful, leave your side–
Oh, trust them least in this!
‘Twas Fate call’d up, from laboring earth,
Us, Island–Sister, at a birth,
Sisterhood between us dooming
While a wave is round us booming–
Sister, no! no!
Never thus my wishes stray,
And on his name a ban I pray,
Whose baleful dream it is!
(John Banim)
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