Quote #105

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.

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  1. What is Freedom? - ye can tell That which slavery is, too well - For its very name has grown To an echo of your own.
  2. What if English toil and blood Was poured forth, even as a flood? It availed, Oh, Liberty, To dim, but not extinguish thee.
  3. My father Time is weak and gray With waiting for a better day; See how idiot-like he stands, Fumbling with his palsied hands!
  4. Spirit, Patience, Gentleness, All that can adorn and bless Art thou - let deeds, not words, express Thine exceeding loveliness.
  5. And with glorious triumph, they Rode through England proud and gay, Drunk as with intoxication Of the wine of desolation.
  6. Let the blue sky overhead, The green earth on which ye tread, All that must eternal be Witness the solemnity.
  7. 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!'
  8. From the haunts of daily life Where is waged the daily strife With common wants and common cares Which sows the human heart with tares.

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