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Great Truths are portions of the soul of man;

Great souls are portions of Eternity;

Each drop of blood that e'er through true heart ran

With lofty message, ran for thee and me;

For God's law, since the starry song began,

Hath been, and still forevermore must be,

That every deed which shall outlast Time's span

Must spur the soul to be erect and free;

Slave is no word of deathless lineage sprung;

Too many noble souls have thought and died,

Too many mighty poets lived and sung,

And our good Saxon, from lips purified

With martyr-fire, throughout the world hath rung

Too long to have God's holy cause denied.