Be one fixed mind for all; thy rights approve 10

To thy own conscience gradually renewed;

Learn to make Time the father of wise Hope;

Then trust thy cause to the arm of Fortitude,

The light of Knowledge, and the warmth of Love.

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CONTINUED

Composed 1837.—Published 1842

Hard task! exclaim the undisciplined, to lean

On Patience coupled with such slow endeavour,

That long-lived servitude must last for ever.