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_To God and man be simply true; / Do as thou hast been wont to do; / Bring out thy treasures, old and new_ -- / Mean all the same when said to you.
I love thee: thou art calm and strong; / Firm in the right, mild to the wrong; / Thy heart, in every raging throng, / A chamber shut for prayer and song.
Defeat thou know'st not, canst not know, / Although thy aims so lofty go / They need as long to root and grow / As infant hills to reach the snow.
Press on and prosper, holy friend! / I, weak and ignorant, would lend / A voice, thee, strong and wise, to send / Prospering onward without end.