Page:Studies in Song

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BY THE NORTH SEA.

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Here thy throne and sceptre of thy station,

⁠Here the palace paven for thy feet;
Here thy sign from nation unto nation
⁠Passed as watchword for thy guards to greet,
Guards that go before thine exaltation,
⁠Ages, clothed with bitter years and sweet.

7.

Here, where sharp the sea-bird shrills his ditty,

⁠Flickering flame-wise through the clear live calm,
Rose triumphal, crowning all a city,
⁠Roofs exalted once with prayer and psalm,
Built of holy hands for holy pity,
⁠Frank and fruitful as a sheltering palm.

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