I
MINE by the right of the white election!Mine by the royal seal!Mine by the sign in the scarlet prisonBars cannot conceal!
Mine, here in vision and in veto!Mine, by the grave’s repealTitled, confirmed,—delirious charter!Mine, while the ages steal!
II
YOU left me, sweet, two legacies,—A legacy of loveA Heavenly Father would content.Had He the offer of;
You left me boundaries of painCapacious as the sea,Between eternity and time,Your consciousness and me.
III
ALTER? When the hills do.Falter? When the sunQuestion if his gloryBe the perfect one.
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