Honour the Work - Melbourne High School Song by Charles Breen Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Bythsome our hearts are and free is our fancy
Swift fly the hours in work and in play
Fain would we linger but youth turns to manhood
School days are passing and we must away:
[Chorus]
"Honour the Work" let our motto remind us
When courage weakens and stern grows the fight!
Strong like its pillars the school stands behind us
Standing for duty and standing for right
[Verse 2]
Lo! Steering westward through life's stormy surges
Those who once laboured and played here are gone
Before them a vision, a lamp lit by learning
A shrine to be guarded and fame to be one
[Chorus]
"Honour the Work" let our motto remind us
When courage weakens and stern grows the fight!
Strong like its pillars the school stands behind us
Standing for duty and standing for right
Bythsome our hearts are and free is our fancy
Swift fly the hours in work and in play
Fain would we linger but youth turns to manhood
School days are passing and we must away:
[Chorus]
"Honour the Work" let our motto remind us
When courage weakens and stern grows the fight!
Strong like its pillars the school stands behind us
Standing for duty and standing for right
[Verse 2]
Lo! Steering westward through life's stormy surges
Those who once laboured and played here are gone
Before them a vision, a lamp lit by learning
A shrine to be guarded and fame to be one
[Chorus]
"Honour the Work" let our motto remind us
When courage weakens and stern grows the fight!
Strong like its pillars the school stands behind us
Standing for duty and standing for right