And troops with laurel boughs,
As did our sires of old!
For thus to honour those who gave us life,
This stands as one of three great laws on high,[[256]]
Written as fixed and firm,
The laws of Right revered.
Dan. I praise these seemly prayers, dear children mine.
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But fear ye not, if I your father speak
Words that are new, and all unlooked-for by you;