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soldiers from the ramparts of a town O'erlooking fields where they have lately striven, Tell from what points to what the foe was driven, And where at length decisively o'erthrown; So pacing the clear battlements of Heaven, Hope tells how we may one day looking down Point out where such and such a grace was given, And where at length the beatific crown. O Friend, what jubilant outcry will go forth Among the stars when we this place espy Where (God's best gift!) we first received each other: O fellow Soul! O brother more than brother! May some be listening then upon the earth To catch the admonition of that cry!