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us of beauty! Touch thy silver lyre

And bid thy Muse unfold her shining wings!

Tell us of joy—of those unaging things

Which wither not, nor are consumed of fire,

Things unto which the souls of all aspire!

Sing us the mystic song thine Erin sings,

Her poignant dreams, her weird imaginings,

With magic of thy "Land of Heart's Desire!"

Let others hate!—from lips not thine be hurled

Reproaches; since all hate at last must prove

Abortive, though it triumph for a while.