Pure was thy life its bloody closeHath placed thee with the sons of light,Among the noble host of thoseWho perished in the cause of Right.
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So they, who climb to wealth, forgetThe friends in darker fortunes tried.I copied them -- but I regretThat I should ape the ways of pride.
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They talk of short-lived pleasures be it so pain dies as quickly, and lets her weary the fiercest agonies have shortest reign.
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Truth crushed to earth shall rise again The eternal years of God are hers But error, wounded, writhes in pain, and dies among his worshippers.
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Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
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