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III.

From the springs of the dawn, from the depths of the

noon, from the heights of the night that shine,
Hope, faith, and remembrance of glory that found but in
England her throne and her shrine,
Speak louder than song may proclaim them, that here is
the seal of them set for a sign.

And loud as the sea's voice thunders applause of the land
that is one with the sea
Speaks Time in the ear of the people that never at heart
was not inly free
The word of command that assures us of life, if we will
but that life shall be;

If the race that is first of the races of men who behold
unashamed the sun
Stand fast and forget not the sign that is given of the
years and the wars that are done,
The token that all who are born of its blood should in
heart as in blood be one.