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 THE GOD of the Great Endeavor gave me a torch to bear.
-I lifted it high above me in the dark and murky air—
+\\ I lifted it high above me in the dark and murky air—
-And straightway, with loud hosannas, the crowd acclaimed its light
+\\ And straightway, with loud hosannas, the crowd acclaimed its light
-And followed me as I carried my torch thro’ starless night;
+\\ And followed me as I carried my torch thro’ starless night;
-Till mad with the people’s praises, and drunken with vanity,
+\\ Till mad with the people’s praises, and drunken with vanity,
-I forgot ’twas the torch that drew them, and fancied they followed
+\\ I forgot ’twas the torch that drew them, and fancied they followed me.
-me.
 But slowly my arm grew weary upholding the shining load,
-And my tired feet went stumbling over the hilly road.
+\\ And my tired feet went stumbling over the hilly road.
-And I fell, with the torch beneath me,
+\\ And I fell, with the torch beneath me,
-In a moment the flame was out—
+\\ In a moment the flame was out—
-Then, lo! from the throng a stripling sprung forth with a mighty
+\\ Then, lo! from the throng a stripling sprung forth with a mighty shout,
-shout,
 Caught up the torch as it smouldered and lifted it high again,
-Till, fanned by the winds of heaven, it fired the souls of men!
+\\ Till, fanned by the winds of heaven, it fired the souls of men!
-And as I lay in the darkness the feet of the trampling crowd
+\\ And as I lay in the darkness the feet of the trampling crowd
-Passed over and far beyond me, its paens proclaimed aloud—
+\\ Passed over and far beyond me, its paens proclaimed aloud—
-“’Tis the torch the people follow, whoever the bearer be!”
+\\ “’Tis the torch the people follow, whoever the bearer be!”
-—Elizabeth Furey.
+\\ —Elizabeth Furey.
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