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"...O Africa! long lost in night,

Upon the horizon gleams the light
Of breaking dawn....
Thy name has been slave of the world,
But when thy banner is unfurl'd,
Triumphant Liberty shall wave
Its standard o'er foul slavery's grave;
And earth—decaying earth—shall see

Her freest, fairest child in thee."—Thomson.