Come then with me and thou shalt see

A richer, rarer beauty.”

“Lead on,” I cried, and by the side

Of Duty forth I sped me;

Resolved to go, for weal or woe,

Wherever Duty led me.

I followed still, for good or ill,

Through thorny brake and briar;

Or up the steep, or down the deep,

Through water or through fire.