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(John Greenleaf Whittier & Lorne Entress)

So fallen, so lost, the light withdrawn
Which once he wore
The glory from his gray hair gone
Forevermore

Revile him not, the Tempter hath
A snare for all
And pitying tears, not scorn and wrath
Befit his fall

Oh dumb be passion's stormy rage
When he who might
Have lighted up and led his age
Falls back in night

Scorn, would the angels laugh to mark
A bright soul driven
Fiend-goaded down the endless dark
From hope and heaven

Let not the land once proud of him
Insult him now
Nor brand with deeper shame his dim
Dishonored brow

But let its humbled sons instead
From sea to lake
A long lament, as for the dead
In sadness make

Of all we loved and honored
Naught save power remains
A fallen angel's pride of thought
Still strong in chains

All else is gone from those great eyes
The soul has fled
When faith is lost when honor dies
The man is dead

Then pay the reverence of old days
To his dead fame
Walk backward with averted gaze
(John Greenleaf Whittier & Lorne Entress)      So fallen, so lost, the light withdrawn   Which once he wore   The glory from his gray hair gone   Forevermore      Revile him not, the Tempter hath   A snare for all   And pitying tears, not scorn and wrath   Befit his fall      Oh dumb be passion's stormy rage   When he who might   Have lighted up and led his age   Falls back in night      Scorn, would the angels laugh to mark   A bright soul driven   Fiend-goaded down the endless dark   From hope and heaven      Let not the land once proud of him   Insult him now   Nor brand with deeper shame his dim   Dishonored brow      But let its humbled sons instead   From sea to lake   A long lament, as for the dead   In sadness make      Of all we loved and honored   Naught save power remains   A fallen angel's pride of thought   Still strong in chains      All else is gone from those great eyes   The soul has fled   When faith is lost when honor dies   The man is dead      Then pay the reverence of old days   To his dead fame   Walk backward with averted gaze
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