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Goddess of Liberty O thou	A
Whose tearless eyes behold the chain	B
And look unmoved upon the slain	B
Eternal peace upon thy brow	A
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Before thy shrine the races press	C
Thy perfect favor to implore	D
The proudest tyrant asks no more	D
The ironed anarchist no less	C
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Thine altar coals that touch the lips	E
Of prophets kindle too the brand	F
By Discord flung with wanton hand	F
Among the houses and the ships	E
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Upon thy tranquil front the star	G
Burns bleak and passionless and white	H
Its cold inclemency of light	H
More dreadful than the shadows are	G
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Thy name we do not here invoke	I
Our civic rites to sanctify	J
Enthroned in thy remoter sky	J
Thou heedest not our broken yoke	I
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Thou carest not for such as we	K
Our millions die to serve the still	L
And secret purpose of thy will	L
They perish what is that to thee	K
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The light that fills the patriot's tomb	M
Is not of thee The shining crown	N
Compassionately offered down	N
To those who falter in the gloom	M
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And fall and call upon thy name	O
And die desiring 'tis the sign	P
Of a diviner love than thine	P
Rewarding with a richer fame	O
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To him alone let freemen cry	J
Who hears alike the victor's shout	Q
The song of faith the moan of doubt	Q
And bends him from his nearer sky	J
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God of my country and my race	R
So greater than the gods of old	S
So fairer than the prophets told	S
Who dimly saw and feared thy face	R
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Who didst but half reveal thy will	L
And gracious ends to their desire	T
Behind the dawn's advancing fire	T
Thy tender day beam veiling still	L
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To whom the unceasing suns belong	U
And cause is one with consequence	V
To whose divine inclusive sense	W
The moan is blended with the song	U
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Whose laws imperfect and unjust	X
Thy just and perfect purpose serve	Y
The needle howsoe'er it swerve	Y
Still warranting the sailor's trust	X
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God lift thy hand and make us free	K
To crown the work thou hast designed	Z
O strike away the chains that bind	Z
Our souls to one idolatry	K
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The liberty thy love hath given	A2
We thank thee for We thank thee for	D
Our great dead fathers' holy war	D
Wherein our manacles were riven	A2
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We thank thee for the stronger stroke	I
Ourselves delivered and incurred	B2
When thine incitement half unheard	B2
The chains we riveted we broke	I
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We thank thee that beyond the sea	K
Thy people growing ever wise	C2
Turn to the west their serious eyes	C2
And dumbly strive to be as we	K
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As when the sun's returning flame	O
Upon the Nileside statue shone	D2
And struck from the enchanted stone	D2
The music of a mighty fame	O
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Let Man salute the rising day	E2
Of Liberty but not adore	D
'Tis Opportunity no more	D
A useful not a sacred ray	E2
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It bringeth good it bringeth ill	L
As he possessing shall elect	F2
He maketh it of none effect	F2
Who walketh not within thy will	L
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Give thou more or less as we	K
Shall serve the right or serve the wrong	U
Confirm our freedom but so long	U
As we are worthy to be free	K
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But when O distant be the time	G2
Majorities in passion draw	H2
Insurgent swords to murder Law	H2
And all the land is red with crime	G2
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Or nearer menace when the band	F
Of feeble spirits cringe and plead	I2
To the gigantic strength of Greed	I2
And fawn upon his iron hand	F
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Nay when the steps to state are worn	J2
In hollows by the feet of thieves	K2
And Mammon sits among the sheaves	K2
And chuckles while the reapers mourn	J2
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Then stay thy miracle replace	R
The broken throne repair the chain	B
Restore the interrupted reign	B
And veil again thy patient face	R
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Lo here upon the world's extreme	L2
We stand with lifted arms and dare	M2
By thine eternal name to swear	M2
Our country which so fair we deem	L2
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Upon whose hills a bannered throng	U
The spirits of the sun display	E2
Their flashing lances day by day	E2
And hear the sea's pacific song	U
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Shall be so ruled in right and grace	R
That men shall say 'O drive afield	N2
The lawless eagle from the shield	N2
And call an angel to the place '	-

Ambrose Bierce

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