Here in the wilderness bravely she bore thee,
Guarded thee, guided thee, prayed for thee then:
"God in the pillar of fire be before thee;
Child of New England, be mother of men.
"Men who shall live in the light of thy vision,
Men who shall welcome at duty's command
Riches or poverty, praise or derision--
Men who shall work, with the head and the hand.
"Not the dull heart of the meaningless stoic;
Quick with the fires of unquenchable youth,
Quivering yet calm, like the martyrs heroic,
Living or dying, triumphant in truth."
From the North, from the South, from the East from the West,
They come, to be born again:
To the North, to the South, to the East, to the West,
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