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Show ([;urnct'G ®Ill ([;imiraire Ne'er trodden save by captive foes, And wonted sternly to impose God's will and thine on bowed imperial necks! Shall nevermore, engendered of thy fame, A new sea-eagle heir thy conqueror name, And with commissioned talons wrench From thy supplanter's grimy clench His sheath of steel, his wings of smoke and flame? This shall the pleased eyes of our chil-dren see; For this the stars of God long even as we; Earth listens for his wings; the Fates Expectant lean ; Faith cross-prop! waits, And the tired waves of Thought's insur-gent sea. 1888. 23 |