218 MYSTERIES:
Then shall the flag of England flaunt
In peaceful might,
The sceptred isle of dying Gaunt
Shall rule by right.
The sons of England shall bid Hell avaunt
And priest and harlot smite. _
Then all the forces of the earth shall be
Untameable, a shield of Liberty.
Freedom shall burgeon like a rose,
While in the sky
A new white sun with ardour glows
On Liberty.
Men shall sing merrily at work as those
Who fear no more to die—
Ay! and who fear no more at last to live
Since man can love and worship and forgive.
Then on these heights of Caucasus
A fire shall dwell,
Pure as the dawn, and odorous
Of bud and bell;
A flower of fire, a flame from Heaven to us.
All triumph to foretell,
A glory of unspeakable delight,
A flower.like lightning, adamant and white.
There needs no more or sun or sea
Or any light ;