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The Great Twin Brethren

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The battle will not cease     Till once again on those white steeds ye ride,     O heaven-descended Twins,     Before humanity's bewildered host.     Our javelins     Fly wide,     And idle is our cannon's boast.     Lead us, triumphant Brethren, Love and Peace.     A fairer Golden Fleece     Our more adventurous Argo fain would seek,     But save, O Sons of Jove,     Your blended light go with us, vain employ     It were to rove     This bleak,     Blind waste. To unimagined joy     Guide us, immortal Brethren, Love and Peace.

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"The Text is taken from Percy's Reliques (1765), vol. i. p. 71, 'given from two MS. copies, transmitted from Scotland.' Herd had a very similar bal"

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