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1898. (A SONG OF THE DOMINIONS)
'Twixt my house and thy house the pathway is broad, / In thy house or my house is half the world's hoard; / By my house and thy house hangs all the world's fate, / On thy house and my house lies half the world's hate.
For my house and thy house no help shall we find / Save thy house and my house -- kin cleaving to kind: / If my house be taken, thine tumbleth anon, / If thy house be forfeit, mine followeth soon.
'Twixt my house and thy house what talk can there be / Of headship or lordship, or service or fee? / Since my house to thy house no greater can send / Than thy house to my house -- friend comforting friend; / And thy house to my house no meaner can bring / Than my house to thy house -- King counselling King.