<h3><SPAN name="20">INTRODUCTION</SPAN></h3>
Hear the voice of the Bard,<br/>
Who present, past, and future, sees;<br/>
Whose ears have heard<br/>
The Holy Word<br/>
That walked among the ancient trees;
<br/><br/>Calling the lapsed soul,<br/>
And weeping in the evening dew;<br/>
That might control<br/>
The starry pole,<br/>
And fallen, fallen light renew!
<br/><br/>‘O Earth, O Earth, return!<br/>
Arise from out the dewy grass!<br/>
Night is worn,<br/>
And the morn<br/>
Rises from the slumbrous mass.
<br/><br/>‘Turn away no more;<br/>
Why wilt thou turn away?<br/>
The starry floor,<br/>
The watery shore,<br/>
Is given thee till the break of day.’
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