Shall the grey tower in ruin bow?

Must the babe die with nameless brow?

Or common hands in mockery fling

The unblessed waters of the spring?

No! while the Cornish voice can ring

The Vyvyan cry, “Our Church and King!”

Shall the grey tower in ruin stand

When the heart thrills within the hand,

And beauty’s lip to youth hath given

The vow on earth that links for heaven?