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When riseth Lacedemon's Hardihood,

When Thebes Epaminondas rears again,

When Athens' children are with hearts endued,fu When Grecian mothers shall give birth to men, Then may'st thou be restored; but not till then. A thousand years scarce serve to form a state; An hour may lay it in the dust: and when Can Man its shattered splendour renovate, Recall its virtues back, and vanquish Time and Fate?