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SPES UNICA.
I
Between two mountains' granite walls one starShines in this sea-lake quiet as the grave;
The ocean moans against its rocky bar;
That star no reflex finds in foam or wave.
II
Saints of our country: if—no more a Nation—Vain are henceforth her struggles, from on high
Fix in the bosom of her desolation
So much the more that Hope which cannot die!
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