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What is the lure

In this thraldom or that strife?
Behold the Pilgrim-Band!
In the Procession are some who stood apart
Shunning the crowds' applause,—
And Soldiers of Freedom,
Proclaimers of the Faith.
In India the Ancient, India the Free.

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And singers of the Secret

Of Holy Hindusthan,—
And silent worshippers
Of Her sacred Name,—
And servants of the Truth that slays,—
Sing at this hour
As the storm is blowing:—
“India the First-born, soon shall be Free,”

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In their hearts is a memory and music

Of the Day when she nourished the Nations;
Their song is swift with the message of the Sindhu:
“To live is to cast away fear and be Free,”
Comrades! our comfort-houses are prisons;
'Tis time to go forward; else we go down;
Comrades! let's have courage and find the
Charter of Freedom
In the Defeat of the day.