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In him is the trust of their hearts; the desire of their eyes
is he;
The light of their ways, made lightning for men that
would fain be free:
Earth's hosts are with them, and with them is heaven:
but with us is the sea.

V.
i.

And a day and a night pass over;

And the heart of their chief swells high;
For England, the warrior, the rover,
Whose banners on all winds fly,
Soul-stricken, he saith, by the shadow of death, holds off
him, and draws not nigh.

And the wind and the dawn together
Make in from the gleaming east: