Wherever her gleaming white throne may arise,

There with bared brow goes resolute youth;

Error gives back from the glance of her eyes,

Larger and luminous made with Truth;

Vice before her cowering lies,

Pallid and hurtless, with Crime the uncouth.

For she has a magic all potent to make

Wild nations tamest for her sweet sake.

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Beneath that throne the fountain is flowing