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Noble actions?

Time was, when fancy painted such before us!

When oft, the game pursuing, on we roam'd

O'er hill and valley; hoping that ere long,

Like our great ancestors in heart and hand,

With club and weapon arm'd, we so might track

The robber to his den, or monster huge.

And then at twilight, by the boundless sea,

Peaceful we sat, reclin'd against each other,

The waves came dancing to our very feet,

And all before us lay the wide, wide world;

Then on a sudden one would seize his sword,

And future deeds shone round us like the stars,

Which gemm'd in countless throngs the vault of night.