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216 What are ye all, if he shall fall?

What you or I, if he shall die?

IV

He harnessed our wild forces;

He edged our might with mind

Our ways are heavenly courses

His instincts have divined:

All light that we inherit

Pours from his azure spirit,

That hath a higher law—

Honor and freedom knowing,

Justice and mercy showing,

That our dumb worlds o'erawe:

The truths his lips let fall

Point the celestial pole;

For the greatest ally of all

Is man's own soul."