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There were high things for men to see,
Do, or be;
Fair struggles after every throne:
And to atone
Fair crowns and kingdoms for the best;
All men strove,
And, loss or gain, for each man's rest
There was love.
And men and women bore their part
Heart to heart,
For oh! the women and the men
Loved then;
And love from love you could not break,
Half to save;
If one sinned, for the other's sake
God forgave.
Would thou wert yet, thou great and old
Time of gold!
Wert thou with me, or could I flee
Back to thee,
