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Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.

The Soul

George Barlow (1847–1914?)

THE SOUL shall burst her fetters

At last, and shall be

As the stars, as the wind, as the night,

As the sun, as the sea.

The Soul shall struggle and stand

In the end swift and free

As the stars, as the wind, as the night,

As the sun, as the sea.

The Soul shall be crown’d and calm,

Eyes fearless—and she

Shall be queen of the wind and the night,

Stars, sun, and the sea.