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82 O weak she comes, a child and not a woman;
 * Needing our nursing and devotion long;

But in her eyes the flame divine and human,
 * To strengthen weak ones and restrain the strong.

Her name is Her domain unbounded;
 * Of all the fetters she commands the key;

Through her babe-mouth man's wrong shall be confounded,
 * And link by link her sister Queen set free.

Her hand shall hold the patriotic passes.
 * And check the wrong that zeal would do for right;

Her whispered secrets shall inflame the masses
 * To read their planet-charter by her light.

Round her to-day may press the base Queen's minions,
 * Seeking alliance and approval. Nay!

The day and night shall mingle their dominions
 * Ere Nature's rule and Mammon's join their sway.

Our new Queen comes a nursling, thus to teach us
 * The patience and the tenderness we need:

To raise our natures that the light may reach us
 * Of sacrifice and silence for a creed.