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Dull builders of houses, Base tillers of earth, Gaping, ask me what lordships I owned at my birth; But the pale fools wax mute When I point with my sword East, west, north, and south, Shouting, "There am I Lord!" Wold and waste, town and tower, Hill, valley, and stream, Trembling, bow to my sway In the fierce battle fray, When the star that rules Fate, is This falchion's red gleam. ! I kiss thee.

I've heard great harps sounding, In brave bower and hall, I've drank the sweet music That bright lips let fall, I've hunted in greenwood, And heard small birds sing; But away with this idle And cold jargoning;