And whilst the sun returned the steadfast gaze

That rite had place; it ceased when sunset's blaze

Burned o'er the isles; all stood in joy and deep amaze

When in the silence of all spirits there Laone's voice was felt, and through the air

Her thrilling gestures spoke, most eloquently fair.

I

'Calm art thou as yon sunset! swift and strong

As new-fledged Eagles beautiful and young, That float among the blinding beams of morning;

And underneath thy feet writhe Faith and Folly,

Custom and Hell and mortal Melancholy. Hark! the Earth starts to hear the mighty warning

Of thy voice sublime and holy;
Its free spirits here assembled

See thee, feel thee, know thee now;

To thy voice their hearts have trembled, Like ten thousand clouds which flow With one wide wind as it flies! Wisdom! thy irresistible children rise To hail thee; and the elements they chain, And their own will, to swell the glory of thy train!

glode,

and free!

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'Eldest of things, divine Equality! Wisdom and Love are but the slaves of

thee,

The angels of thy sway, who pour around thee

Treasures from all the cells of human thought

And from the Stars and from the Ocean brought,

And the last living heart whose beatings bound thee.

The powerful and the wise had sought Thy coming; thou, in light descending O'er the wide land which is thine own, Like the spring whose breath is blending All blasts of fragrance into one, Comest upon the paths of men! Earth bares her general bosom to thy ken, And all her children here in glory meet To feed upon thy smiles, and clasp thy sacred feet.

Never again may blood of bird or beast Stain with its venomous stream a human feast,

To the pure skies in accusation steaming!
Avenging poisons shall have ceased
To feed disease and fear and madness;
The dwellers of the earth and air
Shall throng around our steps in gladness,
Seeking their food or refuge there.
Our toil from thought all glorious forms
shall cull,

To make this earth, our home, more beautiful,

And Science, and her sister Poesy,

Shall clothe in light the fields and cities of the free!