BIRTHDAY ODE.
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Or the leaves born again; 150
And still the might and music mastering fate
Of life more strong than death and love than hate.
In spectral strength biformep. 4
Stand the twin sons of storm
Transfigured by transmission of one hand
That gives the new-born time
Their semblance more sublime
Than once it lightened over each man's land;
There Freedom's winged and wide-mouthed hound,
And here our high Dictator, in his son discrowned. 160
What strong-limbed shapes of kindred throng round these str. 5
Before, between, behind,
Sons born of one man's mind,
