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thou hast triumphed everywhere!

Thou hast outgrown, men say, that selfless Right

Which bade thee for the weak expend thy might;

And as a giant strong, dost claim thy share

Of earth's rich conquest, and will naught forbear.

I listen, and behold, with grievèd sight,

Upon thy beauteous brow a baleful light,

And something sinister, new-written there.