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Dear father, from my cradle I acknowledge / All your wise kindness, tender care, and love, / Through days of kindergarten, school and college. / Now there is one gift lacking -- one above / All other gifts of God, this highest trust is, / The one great gift, beyond all power and pelf -- / Give me my freedom, father; give me justice, / That I may guard my children and myself.
My brother, you and I were reared together; / We played together, even-handed quite; / We went to school in every kind of weather, / Studied and ranked together as was right. / We work together now and earn our living, / You know how equal is the work we do; / Come, brother, with the love you're always giving, / Give justice! It's for me as well as you.