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And nevermore these walls within

Shall echo fierce sedition's din,

Unslaked with blood and crime;

The thirsty dust shall nevermore

Suck up the darkly streaming gore

Of civic broils, shed out in wrath

And vengeance, crying death for death!

But man with man and state with state

Shall vow The pledge of common hate

And common friendship, that for man

Hath oft made blessing out of ban,

Be ours unto all time.

Skill they, or not, the path to find

Of favouring speech and presage kind?

Yea, even from these, who, grim and stern,

Glared anger upon you of old,

O citizens, ye now shall earn

A recompense right manifold.

Deck them aright, extol them high,

Be loyal to their loyalty,

And ye shall make your town and land

Sure, propped on Justice' saving hand,

And Fame's eternity.

Hail ye, all hail! and yet again, all hail,

O Athens, happy in a weal secured!