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by Unknown

Justice conquers evermore,

Justice after as before;—

And he who battles on her side,

God, though he were ten times slain,

Crowns him victor glorified,

Victor over death and pain

Forever: but his erring foe,

Self-assured that he prevails,

Looks from his victim lying low,

And sees aloft the red right arm