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What shall the leader be in that great day	A
When we who sleep and dream that we are slaves	B
Shall wake and know that Liberty is ours	C
Mark well that word not yours not mine but ours	C
For through the mingling of the separate streams	D
Of individual protest and desire	E
In one united sea of purpose lies	F
The course to Freedom	G
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When Progression takes	H
Her undisputed right of way and sinks	I
The old traditions and conventions where	J
They may not rise what shall the leader be	K
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No mighty warrior skilled in crafts of war	L
Sowing earth's fertile furrows with dead men	M
And staining crimson God's cerulean sea	K
To prove his prowess to a shuddering world	N
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Nor yet a monarch with a silly crown	O
Perched on an empty head an in bred heir	J
To senseless titles and anemic blood	P
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No ruler purchased by the perjured votes	Q
Of striving demagogues whose god is gold	R
Not one of these shall lead to Liberty	K
The weakness of the world cries out for strength	S
The sorrow of the world cries out for hope	T
Its suffering cries for kindness	U
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He who leads	V
Must then be strong and hopeful as the dawn	W
That rises unafraid and full of joy	X
Above the blackness of the darkest night	Y
He must be kind to every living thing	Z
Kind as the Krishna Buddha and the Christ	A2
And full of love for all created life	B2
Oh not in war shall his great prowess lie	C2
Nor shall he find his pleasure in the chase	D2
Too great for slaughter friend of man and beast	E2
Touching the borders of the Unseen Realms	F2
And bringing down to earth their mystic fires	C
To light our troubled pathways wise and kind	G2
And human to the core so shall he be	K
The coming leader of the coming time	H2

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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