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 * Who rolled the hosts of Pharaoh in the sea,
 * Giants and Trolls, in every hand a sword,
 * Gnomes and Dwarfs and the Spectral Company,
 * Gods that take vengeance, Gods that grant reward,
 * Gods that exact a murdered devotee,
 * Buddha the Wise, and Siva the Abhorred,
 * And Norns that tend Ygdrasil, fatal tree,

And Isis of the Moon Who kept the stars in tune,
 * With her mad Phrygian sister, Cybele,

And Mithras swift to save The faithful and the brave,
 * And Allah rumbling on to victory,—
 * Behold! and oldest of them all,

Square heads that leer and lust, and lizard shapes that crawl.