<h2><SPAN name="poem71"></SPAN>AN INSPIRATION</h2>
<p class="poetry">However the battle is ended,<br/>
Though proudly the victor comes<br/>
With fluttering flags and prancing nags<br/>
And echoing roll of drums,<br/>
Still truth proclaims this motto<br/>
In letters of living light,—<br/>
No question is ever settled<br/>
Until it is settled right.</p>
<p class="poetry">Though the heel of the strong oppressor<br/>
May grind the weak in the dust;<br/>
And the voices of fame with one acclaim<br/>
May call him great and just,<br/>
Let those who applaud take warning.<br/>
And keep this motto in sight,—<br/>
No question is ever settled<br/>
Until it is settled right.</p>
<p class="poetry">Let those who have failed take courage;<br/>
Though the enemy seems to have won,<br/>
Though his ranks are strong, if he be in the wrong<br/>
The battle is not yet done;<br/>
For, sure as the morning follows<br/>
The darkest hour of the night,<br/>
No question is ever settled<br/>
Until it is settled right.</p>
<p class="poetry">O man bowed down with labour!<br/>
O woman young, yet old!<br/>
O heart oppressed in the toiler’s breast<br/>
And crushed by the power of gold<br/>
Keep on with your weary battle<br/>
Against triumphant might;<br/>
No question is ever settled<br/>
Until it is settled right.</p>
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