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Lady of all that have loved the people, Light over roads astray, Maze of steading and street and steeple, Great as a heart that has loved the people: Stand on the crown of the soaring down, Lift up your arms and pray. LADY OF ALL THAT HAVE LOVED THE PEOPLE LIGHT OVER ROADS ASTRAY MAZE OF STEADING AND STRAIGHT AND STEEPLE GREAT AS A HEART THAT HAS LOVED THE PEOPLE STAND ON THE CROWN OF THE STORING DOWN LIFT UP YOUR ARMS AND PRAY
towns were seven, Single and one as the soaring sun And your head upheld the sky. And I thought of a thundering flag unfurled And the roar of the burghers’ bell: Beacons crackled and bolts were hurled As you came over the top of the world; And under your feet were chance and cheat And the slime of the slopes of hell. It has not been as the great wind spoke On the great green down that day: We have seen, wherever the wide wind spoke, Slavery slaying the English folk: The robbers of land we have seen command The rulers of land obey. We have seen the gigantic golden worms In the garden of paradise: We have seen the great and the wise make terms With the peace of snakes and the pride of worms, and them that plant make covenant With the locust and the lice. And the wind blows and the world goes on And the world can say that we, Who stood on the cliffs where the quarries shone, Stood upon clouds that the sun shone on: And the clouds dissunder and drown in thunder The news that will never be. YOU WERE ONE AND THE TOWNS WERE SEVEN SINGLE AND ONE AS THE SOARING SUN AND YOUR HEAD UPHELD THE SKY AND I THOUGHT OF A THUNDERING FLAG UNFURLED AND THE ROAR OF THE BURGHER'S BELL BEACONS CRACKLED AND BOLTS WERE HURLED AS YOU CAME OVER THE TOP OF THE WORLD AND UNDER YOUR FEET WERE CHANCE AND CHEAT AND THE SLIME OF THE SLOPES OF HELL IT HAS NOT BEEN AS THE GREAT WIND SPOKE ON THE GREAT GREEN DOWN THAT DAY WE HAVE SEEN WHEREVER THE WIDE WIND SPOKE SLAVERY SLAYING THE ENGLISH FOLK THE ROBBERS OF LAND WE HAVE SEEN COMMAND THE RULERS OF LAND OBEY WE HAVE SEEN THE GIGANTIC GOLDEN WORMS IN THE GARDEN OF PARADISE WE HAVE SEEN THE GREAT AND THE WISE MAKE TERMS WITH THE PEACE OF SNAKES AND THE PRIDE OF WORMS AND THEM THAT PLANT MAKE COVENANT WITH THE LOCUSTS AND THE LICE AND THE WIND BLOWS AND THE WORLD GOES ON AND THE WORLD CAN SAY WE WHO STOOD ON THE CLIFFS WHERE THE QUARRIES SHONE STOOD UPON CLOUDS THAT THE SUN SHONE ON AND THE CLOUDS DESCENDER AND DROWN IN THUNDER THE NEWS THAT WILL NEVER BE
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