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James Russell Lowell - Sonnett - VI
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Great Truths are portions of the soul of man;
Great souls are portions of Eternity;
Each drop of blood that e`er through true heart ran
With lofty message, ran for thee and me;
For God`s law, since the starry song began,
Hath been, and still forevermore must be,
That every deed which shall outlast Time`s span
Must spur the soul to be erect and free;
Slave is no word of deathless lineage sprung;
Too many noble souls have thought and died,
Too many mighty poets lived and sung,
And our good Saxon, from lips purified
With martyr-fire, throughout the world hath rung
Too long to have God`s holy cause denied.
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