| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| TYRE of the West, and glorying in the name | |
| More than in Faith’s pure fame! | |
| O trust not crafty fort nor rock renown’d | |
| Earn’d upon hostile ground; | |
| Wielding Trade’s master-keys, at thy proud will | 5 |
| To lock or loose its waters, England! trust not still. | |
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| Dread thine own power! Since haughty Babel’s prime, | |
| High towers have been man’s crime. | |
| Since her hoar age, when the huge moat lay bare, | |
| Strongholds have been man’s snare. | 10 |
| Thy nest is in the crags; ah, refuge frail! | |
| Mad counsel in its hour, or traitors, will prevail. | |
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| He who scann’d Sodom for His righteous men | |
| Still spares thee for thy ten; | |
| But, should vain tongues the Bride of Heaven defy, | 15 |
| He will not pass thee by; | |
| For, as earth’s kings welcome their spotless guest, | |
| So gives He them by turn, to suffer or be blest. | |
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