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But by no hand nor any treason stricken,

Not like the low-lying head of Him, the King,

The flame that made of Troy a ruinous thing,

Thou liest and on this dust no tears could quicken

There fall no tears like theirs that all men hear

Fall tear by sweet imperishable tear

Down the opening leaves of holy poet's pages.

Thee not Orestes, not Electra mourns;

But bending us-ward with memorial urns

The most high Muses that fulfil all ages

Weep, and our God's heart yearns.

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