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We build with strength the deep tower-wall / That shall be shattered thus and thus. / And fair and great are court and hall, / But "how" fair -- this is not for us, / Who know the lack that lurks in all.
We know, we know how all too bright / The hues are that our painting wears, / And how the marble gleams too white; -- / We speak in unknown tongues, the years / Interpret everything aright,