John Banim - Doubt Me Not!--You Cannot Doubt lyrics

Doubt me not!--You cannot doubt Because for Freedom I cry out! The cry which has been all to you, You surely love from others, too, And, Sister, most from me-- From me, engaged, at your own will, To share your lot of good or ill, The joy or grief, the shame or glory, Of your fortunes and your story-- Sister! no! no! For a lot so high and brave You cannot choose a willing slave, And Slave I will not be! Doubt me not!--the slander scout Which for my worship bids you doubt; 'Twas practised by your men of old, Who Priest and Prince unflinching told That they their land would free; And if in mine a priest be found To our good cause at heart unsound, He too may know the place decreed him In our plan of Equal Freedom-- Oh no! oh no! By a Christian's hope and troth, And by a true heart's scorn and wrath, In this they slander me! Doubt me not!--though still they say That I would wile my chains away, And summon back my strength and pride, And then, unfaithful, leave your side-- Oh, trust them least in this! 'Twas Fate call'd up, from laboring earth, Us, Island--Sister, at a birth, Sisterhood between us dooming While a wave is round us booming-- Sister, no! no! Never thus my wishes stray, And on his name a ban I pray, Whose baleful dream it is!