We of the morn declare thee as thou art;
The mediate force to govern all mankind,
The force of love which mortals cannot know.
For that man holds as love is passion foul:
It hath transformed the earth into a hell,
And none save thou can mediately stand
To rid the earth—by Truth who comes from thee—
From that curs’d tyrant in the world or hell,
The devil—Satan—he that doth deceive,
Accuser of our brethren, soon to be