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