VI

For the breath of thy lips is freedom, and freedom's the sense of
thy spirit, the sound of thy song,
Glad god of the north-east wind, whose heart is as high as the
hands of thy kingdom are strong,
Thy kingdom whose empire is terror and joy, twin-featured and
fruitful of births divine,
Days lit with the flame of the lamps of the flowers, and nights
that are drunken with dew for wine,
And sleep not for joy of the stars that deepen and quicken, a
denser and fierier throng,
And the world that thy breath bade whiten and tremble rejoices at
heart as they strengthen and shine,
And earth gives thanks for the glory bequeathed her, and knows of
thy reign that it wrought not wrong.