They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.

They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.

They are safe in their number and their close array.

They are safe in their number and their close array.

Give thy thoughts no tongue.

Give thy thoughts no tongue.

Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.

Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.

Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.

Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.

Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.

Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.

Why, then the world's mine oyster,
Which I with sword will open.

Why, then the world's mine oyster,
Which I with sword will open.

The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.

The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.

So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.

So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.