SELECTIONS IN ENGLISH POETRY

It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,

And see the great Achilles, whom we knew*

Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho* 65

We are not now that strength which in old days

Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;

One equal temper of heroic hearts,

Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. *" * 70

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