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| I HAVE been given my charge to keep— | |
| Well have I kept the same! | |
| Playing with strife for the most of my life, | |
| But this is a different game. | |
| I’ll not fight against swords unseen, | 5 |
| Or spears that I cannot view— | |
| Hand him the keys of the place on your knees— | |
| ’Tis the Dreamer whose dreams come true! | |
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| Ask him his terms and accept them at once. | |
| Quick, ere we anger him, go! | 10 |
| Never before have I flinched from the guns, | |
| But this is a different show. | |
| I’ll not fight with the Herald of God | |
| (I know what his Master can do!) | |
| Open the gate, he must enter in state, | 15 |
| ’Tis the Dreamer whose dreams come true! | |
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| I’d not give way for an Emperor, | |
| I’d hold my road for a King— | |
| To the Triple Crown I would not bow down— | |
| But this is a different thing. | 20 |
| I’ll not fight with the Powers of Air, | |
| Sentry, pass him through! | |
| Drawbridge let fall, ’tis the Lord of us all, | |
| The Dreamer whose dreams come true! | |
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