Quote #104

What is Freedom? - ye can tell That which slavery is, too well - For its very name has grown To an echo of your own.

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  1. My father Time is weak and gray With waiting for a better day; See how idiot-like he stands, Fumbling with his palsied hands!
  2. Thou art Justice - ne'er for gold May thy righteous laws be sold As laws are in England - thou Shield'st alike the high and low.
  3. And with glorious triumph, they Rode through England proud and gay, Drunk as with intoxication Of the wine of desolation.
  4. What if English toil and blood Was poured forth, even as a flood? It availed, Oh, Liberty, To dim, but not extinguish thee.
  5. And he wore a kingly crown; And in his grasp a sceptre shone; On his brow this mark I saw - 'I AM GOD, AND KING, AND LAW!'
  6. Spirit, Patience, Gentleness, All that can adorn and bless Art thou - let deeds, not words, express Thine exceeding loveliness.
  7. Last came Anarchy: he rode On a white horse, splashed with blood; He was pale even to the lips, Like Death in the Apocalypse.
  8. Let the blue sky overhead, The green earth on which ye tread, All that must eternal be Witness the solemnity.

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