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Ere long thy tribes shall rally them, shall arise and clasp One the hand of the other, with a kiss they shall evoke happiness And heroic prowess, one unto the other; ere long shall love Blaze up as an overwhelming pyre of happiness, and all thy broad focus Shall be its domain, with every heart that is thine For its fuel; resplendent shall be its exemplar And hitherto unheard of, unseen in the world; The world to its utmost shall be amazed thereat, and shall marvel, Gazing and gazing; till, dazzled by this torrent it shall surrender. And with it shall merge into a single realm of love, into that realm Which upon earth is foretold by the divine books. Thus in the world's mighty design thou hast ret thee astir Potently, in mankind's eternal contest for advancement, Its strong protector, the hem of whose garment All tribes upon earth should kiss in thanksgiving! But so long asThis prison-planet, the which is called black by its captives, So long as it shall engender all dismay and wretchedness, Whereby it needs must punish its captives, cherish not