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Rh With sacrifices few could understand—

Renouncing and enduring silently.

And I perceived that thou hast still retained

Their strength to toil, their courage to resist:

That seeking ardently whate'er they missed,

Thou hast remained—in spite of all, remained—

That which they made thee—an idealist!

And once again I felt how blest it is

To hunger and to thirst: anew I saw

That by eternal high-appointed law,

Sublimity and beauty most are his

In whom they move the deepest thrill of awe!