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 Then Wealth acquired by search of Nature's dowers, Then Peace, ensured by their imposing might, Then Happiness, their efforts' well-earned right, Then Grace and Beauty, as they stately-grand Approach their goal, joy-flushed and hand in hand,— United, yet distinct, none like the rest, Yet each in standard equal to the best: Oh, heavenly bliss! e'en with the spirit's eye To have beheld this prospect and — — —to die. [He sinks lifeless to the ground. The soldiers holding the banners let them droop upon him. All stand profoundly moved. The curtain falls. When it rises once more in the] William Travis and Elsie, the latter attired as Goddess of Victory, are seen standing amid a transfiguring light at the head of Bradburn, upon which Elsie puts a laurel-wreath. The soldiers, all of whom have left the stage, are overheard singing the following HYMN OF VICTORY. I. Chorus. It is achieved ! the fight is won! And what our doubting hearts begun