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Madras Congress


Tell me not in scornful numbers
Congress is an 'empty' show 1[1]
For though many a delegate slumbers
Seats are 'full' in every row.

  Congress is earnest ! Congress is real!
  Self-Government is its goal;
  Action said, a high ideal
  Is always good for the humen soul!

In the congress field of battle,
In constitutional strife
Indulge internal rattle,
Never lift a chair for life.

  Lives of Moderates all remind us
  We should wisely keep from crime,
  Open sedition only finds us,
  Shelter in a far-off clime 2[2]!

Let us then lie up and speaking,
Speaking at a furious rate:
Not always some benefit seeking
Learn to be loyal and to wait".

  1. ↑ 1. The first two lines resemble -
      H.H. Long Fellow's poem "A psalm of life".
      (Tell me not in mornful numbers, Life is an empty dream)
  2. ↑ 2. Perhaps a reference to the prison in Anandaman Islands.
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