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Immortal Mind! thy burning torch
 * A deathless halo flings

Around the Prophets crucified,
 * And Sybaritic Kings;

We chaunt, today, a pæan song
 * To thy divinest flashes—

To our imperishable one,
 * The Mill Boy of the Slashes!

The fervid breast of Nature poured
 * Its deluge to his sips,

The bee-winged breezes charmed anew
 * Hymettus to his lips,

Till, like a cleaving peak, his thoughts
 * To sunward regions ran,

And god beheld beneath his throne
 * A mountain hearted Man.