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IX
And lo! A tint of dawn is in the sky.
That tells of fateful changes drawing nigh:
For even here the modern impulse stirs,
And here the truth has honest worshippers.
Not vainly does the nation's spirit wake,
Resolved a nobler course henceforth to take,
To share the great world's progress, and to stand
Erect beside our friendly neighboring land.
These men, who twice have burst their alien chain.
Must solve the easier problems that remain.
What affluent wealth and glory may they know,
When they are men to match their Mexico!
