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Rh They that are wise may follow

Ere the world's war-trumpet blows:

But I—I am first in the battle,"

Said our Lady of the Snows.

A Nation spoke to a Nation,

A Throne sent word to a Throne:

"Daughter am I in my mother's house,

But mistress in my own!

The gates are mine to open,

As the gates are mine to close,

And I abide by my mother's house,"

Said our Lady of the Snows.