Two thousand years have almost gone
Since mental pain and toil the world began,
Free will - perverted gift - by which alone
Each man may find his place within the sun;
When needs of mankind lay within his grasp,
His toils and burdens ready to discard,
When science did but all his troubles clasp
And evolution promised it’s reward.
Affliction of the mind had not been sought to cure,
When free expression of the soul had not been given right,
Diversion of opinion, however much obscure
Could never free humanity from blight.
So now we see the monster looming forth
With lust to conquer all or to repel,
His purpose, to destroy it’s cherished worth,
Or Satan’s manifestations to excel.
This Hitler who has made the canker spread
Among deluded minds that easily absorb
The joy of strength with useless venom fed,
To poison peoples whom they cannot curb.
From out this wilderness a voice is clearly heard,
With courage and conviction in it’s tone,
Compels the world hearken to the truthful word,
As it were listening to it’s very own.
Let all congruent spirits merge in faith as one,
That righteous cause with righteousness attain,
Since Churchill’s policy cannot be outshone,
The sacrifice we make, shall not be in vain.
Let no success defeat success with loud applause,
Nor sorrow let your resolution shake,
For time brings power to our sacred cause,
That will the chains of vile injustice break.
To and fro we’ll watch the fortunes sway,
The fortunes that in war the tyrant sought,
Will in a fleeting moment pass away,
When famines fail to fill the melting pot.
Then by the grace that gives us power to win
We will rejoice, each with a sober mind,
Much wiser and repentant for our part in sin,
That brought such trials to our human kind.
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These poems
were written by my dad about Maybole and some of the characters from the
town. Some poems were written for events and 'smokers' do's. Some serious
some fictional and quite comical. Quite a few about Maybole in war time
and his thoughts about the war. Dad was the last son born 1907 to Emily
and Tom McColm. They lived in Montgomery Street till they moved to
Ladyland Road, across from the school which later
