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With yet greater pride canst thou upraize thy chivalrous head Heavenwards. Upraise it, upraise it undaunted and joyous For the world to behold, that everywhere it may see upon thine heroic brow The kiss of light wherewith God's love hallows thee For his holy toil here below. Over the unbounded expanse of heaven The Creator has inscribed by the stars the statute of Love, And by the eternal course of His decrees through eternity Has ordained its potence. Thus as His minister, Everywhere and ever Love labours unfalteringly it moulds, beautifies, Softens and smoothens, pacifies, tames and subjugates, Assunges, ennobles, sanctifies, makes like unto God All that is God's in the world—thee He chooses and empowers From among the race of mankind to be hero And idol of her. Ah, it fares ill upon earth With those favoured by heaven: for heaven they are in travail, and of hell They cannot long elude the toils; thus already Thou bindest upon the thread of thy life Ages of suffering, and upon each limb of thy huge body