Not for grave-stones fane and altar stand,

Tempting men to wait the resurrection

Of old prophets from their sunsets grand,—

Rather mile-stones towards the Promised Land,

Gird your mantles and bind on your sandals,

Each man marching by his own birth-star;

God will crown us when those glimmering candles

Swell to suns as forth we track them far,—

Suns that bear our throne and victory-bannered car!