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A SONG OF MEN
OUT of the soil and the slime,
Reeking, they climb,
Reeking, they climb,
Out of the muck and the mire,
Rank, they aspire;
Rank, they aspire;
Filthy with murder and mud,
Black with shed blood,
Black with shed blood,
Lust and passion and clay—
Dying, they slay;
Dying, they slay;
Stirred by vague hints of a goal,
Seeking a soul!
Seeking a soul!
Groping through terror and night
Up to the light:
Up to the light:
Life in the dust and the clod
Sensing a God;
Sensing a God;
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Flushed of the glamor and gleam
Caught from a dream;
Caught from a dream;
Stained of the struggle and toil,
Stained of the soil,
Stained of the soil,
Ally of God in the end—
Helper and friend—
Helper and friend—
Hero and prophet and priest
Out of the beast!
Out of the beast!
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