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NIGHTFALL IN HUNGARY.
NIGHTFALL IN HUNGARY.
As when the sun in darkness sets,
And night falls on the earth,
Along the azure fields above
The stars of heaven come forth;
And night falls on the earth,
Along the azure fields above
The stars of heaven come forth;
So when the sun of Liberty
Grows dim to mortal eyes,
From out the gloom, like radiant stars,
The world’s true heroes rise.
Grows dim to mortal eyes,
From out the gloom, like radiant stars,
The world’s true heroes rise.
The men of human destiny,
Whom glorious dreams inspire;
High-priests of Freedom, in whose souls
Is shrined the sacred fire.
Whom glorious dreams inspire;
High-priests of Freedom, in whose souls
Is shrined the sacred fire.
The fire that through the wilderness
In steadfast lustre streams;
That on the future, dim and dark,
Sheds its effulgent beams.
In steadfast lustre streams;
That on the future, dim and dark,
Sheds its effulgent beams.
