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O sunlike Liberty with eyes of flame	B
Mother and maid immortal man's delight	C
Fairest and first art thou in name and fame	B
And none shall rob thee of thy vested right	C
Where is the man though fifty times a king	D
Shall stay the tide or countermand the spring	D
And where is he though fifty times a knave	E
Shall track thy steps to cast thee in a grave	E
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II	A
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Old as the sun art thou and young as morn	F
And fresh as April when the breezes blow	G
And girt with glory like the growing corn	F
And undefiled like mountains made of snow	G
Oh thou'rt the summer of the souls of men	H
And poor men's rights approved by sword and pen	H
Are made self certain as the day at noon	I
And fair to view as flowers that grow in June	I
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III	A
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Look where erect and tall thy Symbol waits B	J
The gift of France to friends beyond the deep	K
A lofty presence at the ocean gates	L
With lips of peace and eyes that cannot weep	K
A new born Tellus with uplifted arm	M
To light the seas and keep the land from harm	M
To light the coast at downfall of the day	N
And dower with dawn the darkening water way	N
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B Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty in New York harbour	O
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IV	E
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O sunlike Liberty with eyes of flame	B
Mother and maid immortal stern of vow	E
Fairest and first art thou in name and fame	B
And thou shall wear the lightning on thy brow	E
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V	E
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Who dares condemn thee with the puny breath	P
Of one poor life O thou untouched of Fate	Q
Who seeks to lure thee to a felon's death	P
And thou so splendid and so love elate	Q
Who dares do this and live Who dares assail	R
Thy star kissed forehead pure and marble pale	R
And thou so self possessed 'mid all the stir	O
And like to Pallas born of Mulciber	O
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VI	E
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Oh I've beheld the sun at setting time	S
Peep o'er the hills as if to say good bye	E
And I have hailed it with the sudden rhyme	S
Of some new thought full freighted with a sigh	E
And I have mused E'en thus may Freedom fall	T
And darkness shroud it like a wintry pall	U
And night o'erwhelm it and the shades thereof	E
Engulf the glories born of perfect love	E
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VII	E
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But there's no fall for thee there is no tomb	V
And none shall stab thee none shall stay thy hand	W
Thy face is fair with love's eternal bloom	V
And thou shalt have all things at thy command	W
A tomb for thee Ay when the sun is slain	X
And lamps and fires make daylight on the plain	X
Then may'st thou die O Freedom and for thee	E
A tomb be found where fears and dangers be	E
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VIII	E
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O sunlike Liberty with eyes of flame	B
Mother and maid immortal keen of sight	C
Fairest and first art thou in name and fame	B
And thou shall tread the tempest in the night	C
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IX	L
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There shall be feasting and a sound of song	Y
In thy great cities and a voice divine	Z
Shall tell of freedom all the winter long	Y
And fill the air with rapture as with wine	Z
The spring shall hear it spring shall hear the sound	A2
And summer waft it o'er the flowerful ground	A2
And autumn pale shall shake her withered leaves	L
On festal morns and star bespangled eves	L
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X	L
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For thou'rt the smile of Heaven when earth is dim	B2
The face of God reflected in the sea	L
The land's acclaim uplifted by the hymn	B2
Of some glad lark triumphant on the lea	L
Thou art all this and more Thou art the goal	C2
Of earth's elected ones from pole to pole	C2
The lute string's voice the world's primeval fire	O
And each man's hope and every man's desire	O
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XI	L
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O proud and pure O gentle and sublime	S
For thee and thine O Freedom O my Joy	D2
For thee Celestial on the shores of time	S
A throne is built which no man shall destroy	D2
Thou shalt be seen for miles and miles around	A2
And wield a sceptre though of none be crowned	A2
The waves shall know thee and the winds of Heaven	E2
Shall sing thee songs with mixed and mighty steven	E2
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XII	L
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O sunlike Liberty with eyes of flame	B
Mother and maid immortal unconfined	F2
Fairest and first art thou in name and fame	B
And thou shalt speed more swiftly than the wind	F2
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XIII	L
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Who loves thee not is traitor to himself	E
Traitor is he to God and to the grave	E
Poor as a miser with his load of pelf	E
And more unstable than a leeward wave	E
Curs d is he for aye and his shall be	L
A name of shame from sea to furthest sea	L
A name of scorn to all men under sun	E2
Whose upright souls have learnt to loathe this one	E2
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XIV	E
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A thousand times O Freedom have I turned	G2
To thy rapt face and wished that martyr wise	L
I might achieve some glory such as burned	G2
Within the depths of Gordon's azure eyes	L
Ah God how sweet it were to give thee life	E
To aid thy cause self sinking in the strife	E
Loving thee best O Freedom and in tears	L
Giving thee thanks for death accepted years	L
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XV	E
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For thou art fearful though so grand of soul	C2
Fearful and fearless and the friend of men	H
The haughtiest kings shall bow to thy control	C2
And rich and poor shall take thy guidance then	H
Who doubts the daylight when he sees afar	O
The fading lamp of some night weary star	O
Which prophet like has heard amid the dark	H2
The first faint prelude of the nested lark	H2
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XVI	E
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O sunlike Liberty with eyes of flame	B
Mother and maid immortal prompt of thought	I2
Fairest and first art thou in name and fame	B
And thou shalt lash the storm till it be nought	I2
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XVII	E
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O thou desired of men O thou supreme	J2
And true toned spirit whom the bards revere	O
At times thou com'st in likeness of a dream	J2
To urge rebellion with a face austere	O
And by that power thou hast e'en by that power	O
Which is the outcome of thy sovereign dower	O
Thou teachest slaves down trodden how to stand	I2
Lords of themselves in each chivalrous Land	I2
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XVIII	E
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The hosts of death the squadrons of the law	K2
The arm'd appeal to pageantry and hate	I2
Shall serve a space to keep thy name in awe	L2
And then collapse as old and out of date	I2
Yea this shall be for God has willed it so	L
And none shall touch thy flag to lay it low	L
And none shall rend thy robe that is to thee	L
As dawn to day as sunlight to the sea	L
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XIX	L
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For love of thee thou grand thou gracious thing	D
For love of thee all seas and every shore	O
And all domains whereof the poets sing	D
Shall merge in Man's requirements evermore	O
And there shall be full soon from north to south	M2
From east to west by Wisdom's word of mouth	M2
One code of laws that all shall understand	I2
And all the world shall be one Fatherland	I2
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XX	L
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O sunlike Liberty with eyes of flame	B
Mother and maid immortal sweet of breath	P
Fairest and first art thou in name and fame	B
And thou shalt pluck Redemption out of Death	P