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The day of tumult strife defeat was o'er	A
Worn out with toil and noise and scorn and spleen	B
I slumbered and in slumber saw once more	C
A room in an old mansion long unseen	B
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That room methought was curtained from the light	D
Yet through the curtains shone the moon's cold ray	E
Full on a cradle where in linen white	D
Sleeping life's first soft sleep an infant lay	E
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Pale flickered on the hearth the dying flame	F
And all was silent in that ancient hall	G
Save when by fits on the low night wind came	F
The murmur of the distant waterfall	G
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And lo the fairy queens who rule our birth	H
Drew nigh to speak the new born baby's doom	I
With noiseless step which left no trace on earth	H
From gloom they came and vanished into gloom	I
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Not deigning on the boy a glance to cast	J
Swept careless by the gorgeous Queen of Gain	K
More scornful still the Queen of Fashion passed	J
With mincing gait and sneer of cold disdain	K
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The Queen of Power tossed high her jewelled head	L
And o'er her shoulder threw a wrathful frown	M
The Queen of Pleasure on the pillow shed	L
Scarce one stray rose leaf from her fragrant crown	M
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Still Fay in long procession followed Fay	E
And still the little couch remained unblest	L
But when those wayward sprites had passed away	E
Came One the last the mightiest and the best	L
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Oh glorious lady with the eyes of light	L
And laurels clustering round thy lofty brow	N
Who by the cradle's side didst watch that night	L
Warbling a sweet strange music who wast thou	N
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quot Yes darling let them go quot so ran the strain	K
quot Yes let them go gain fashion pleasure power	A
And all the busy elves to whose domain	K
Belongs the nether sphere the fleeting hour	A
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quot Without one envious sigh one anxious scheme	O
The nether sphere the fleeting hour resign	P
Mine is the world of thought the world of dream	O
Mine all the past and all the future mine	P
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quot Fortune that lays in sport the mighty low	Q
Age that to penance turns the joys of youth	R
Shall leave untouched the gifts which I bestow	Q
The sense of beauty and the thirst of truth	R
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quot Of the fair brotherhood who share my grace	S
I from thy natal day pronounce thee free	T
And if for some I keep a nobler place	S
I keep for none a happier than for thee	T
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quot There are who while to vulgar eyes they seem	O
Of all my bounties largely to partake	U
Of me as of some rival's handmaid deem	O
And court me but for gain's power's fashion's sake	U
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quot To such though deep their lore though wide their fame	F
Shall my great mysteries be all unknown	V
But thou through good and evil praise and blame	F
Wilt not thou love me for myself alone	V
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quot Yes thou wilt love me with exceeding love	W
And I will tenfold all that love repay	E
Still smiling though the tender may reprove	W
Still faithful though the trusted may betray	E
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quot For aye mine emblem was and aye shall be	T
The ever during plant whose bough I wear	X
Brightest and greenest then when every tree	T
That blossoms in the light of Time is bare	X
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quot In the dark hour of shame I deigned to stand	L
Before the frowning peers at Bacon's side	L
On a far shore I smoothed with tender hand	L
Through months of pain the sleepless bed of Hyde	L
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quot I brought the wise and brave of ancient days	Y
To cheer the cell where Raleigh pined alone	V
I lighted Milton's darkness with the blaze	Y
Of the bright ranks that guard the eternal throne	V
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quot And even so my child it is my pleasure	A
That thou not then alone shouldst feel me nigh	W
When in domestic bliss and studious leisure	A
Thy weeks uncounted come uncounted fly	W
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quot Not then alone when myriads closely pressed	L
Around thy car the shout of triumph raise	Y
Nor when in gilded drawing rooms thy breast	L
Swells at the sweeter sound of woman's praise	Y
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quot No when on restless night dawns cheerless morrow	Q
When weary soul and wasting body pine	P
Thine am I still in danger sickness sorrow	Q
In conflict obloquy want exile thine	P
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quot Thine where on mountain waves the snowbirds scream	O
Where more than Thule's winter barbs the breeze	Z
Where scarce through lowering clouds one sickly gleam	O
Lights the drear May day of Antarctic seas	Z
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quot Thine when around thy litter's track all day	E
White sandhills shall reflect the blinding glare	X
Thine when through forests breathing death thy way	E
All night shall wind by many a tiger's lair	X
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quot Thine most when friends turn pale when traitors fly	W
When hard beset thy spirit justly proud	L
For truth peace freedom mercy dares defy	W
A sullen priesthood and a raving crowd	L
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quot Amidst the din of all things fell and vile	A2
Hate's yell and envy's hiss and folly's bray	E
Remember me and with an unforced smile	A2
See riches baubles flatterers pass away	E
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quot Yes they will pass away nor deem it strange	B2
They come and go as comes and goes the sea	T
And let them come and go thou through all change	B2
Fix thy firm gaze on virtue and on me quot	L

Thomas Babbington Macaulay

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