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None shall stand in the way of the lord, / The Lord of the Earth -- of the rivers and trees, / Of the cattle and fields and vines: / Hew!
Here shall I build me my cedar home, / A city with gates, a road to the sea -- / For I am the lord of the Earth: / Hew! Hew!
Hew and hew, and the sap of the tree / Shall be yours, and your bones shall be strong, / Shall be yours, and your heart shall rejoice, / Shall be yours, and the city be yours, / And the key of its gates be the key / Of the home where your little ones dwell.
Hew and be strong! Hew and rejoice!
For man is the lord of the Earth, / And God is the Lord over all.