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 There were high things for men to see, Do, or be; Fair struggles after every throne: And to atone Fair crowns and kingdoms for the best; All men strove, And, loss or gain, for each man's rest There was love.

And men and women bore their part Heart to heart, For oh! the women and the men Loved then; And love from love you could not break, Half to save; If one sinned, for the other's sake God forgave.

Would thou wert yet, thou great and old Time of gold! Wert thou with me, or could I flee Back to thee,