Today is El C's day!
Whatever is a cruel wrong,
Whatever is unjust,
The honest years that speed along
Will trample in the dust.
I once fought fate with my bare hand
With all my puny might,
But should you join, and make our stand
It all will come out right.
Though Vice may don the judge's gown
And play the censors' part,
And Fact be cowed by Falsehood's frown
And Nature ruled by art;
Though Labour toils through blinding tears
And idle Wealth is might,
I know that the honest, earnest years
Will bring it all out right.
Though poor and loveless creeds may pass
For pure religion's gold;
Though ignorance may rule the mass
While truth meets glances cold,
I know a law, complete, sublime,
Controls us with its might,
And in God's own appointed time
It all will come out right.
Happy Day, El C!