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SIRION.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Whom wait ye for?

Never will I obey the King's commandment,

But the commandment of the ancient Law,

That was by Moses given unto our fathers.

And thou, O godless man, that of all others

Art the most wicked, be not lifted up,

Nor puffed up with uncertain hopes, uplifting

Thy hand against the servants of the Lord,

For thou hast not escaped the righteous judgment

Of the Almighty God, who seeth all things!