WE’LL LAST, AS WE’VE LASTED

We’ll last, as we’ve lasted

up till now, awoken,

though fate-battered, blasted,

never crushed or broken.

Many tidal surges

at our promontory

fought off down the ages,

we’ll fight on, yield nary!

Though our flags be rended,

rooftop torn, storm-blustered,

we’ll stay, our house tended

by our hands, own-mastered.

Let seas seethe, rapacious,

by our blood outlasted,

gutsy, contumacious,

we’ll last, as we’ve lasted!