Versos English Charles Sprague And You! ye bright ascended Dead

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And You! ye bright ascended Dead

by (1857–1902)

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And You! ye bright ascended Dead, Who scorned the bigot's yoke, Come, round this place your influence shed; Your spirits I invoke. Come, as ye came of yore, When on an unknown shore, Your daring hands the flag of faith unfurled, To float sublime, Through future time, The beacon-banner of another world.