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'Give strenuous souls for belief and prayer, ' 



Said the South to the North, 

 'That stand in the dark on the lowest stair, 

 While affirming of God, "He is certainly there," ' 



Said the South to the North. 



'Yet oh! for the skies that are softer and higher,' 



Sighed the North to the South; 

 'For the flowers that blaze, and the trees that aspire, 

 And the insects made of a song or a fire, ' 



Sighed the North to the South. 



'And oh! for a seer to discover the same,' 



Sighed the South to the North; 



'For a Poet's tongue of baptismal flame, 



To call the tree or flower by its name,' 



Sighed the South to the North. 



