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Fairer than silver birch or dusky yew,
Sweeter than brilliant flowers that gem thy sward,
Greener than laurel-hedge, thy fence and guard,
Which stands close-leaved and tall against the blue,
Is the remembrance of the good and true,
By which to deeds of worth the heart is stirr'd;
—An odour fragrant as the precious nard,—
A fount of inspiration ever new.—
Sweeter than brilliant flowers that gem thy sward,
Greener than laurel-hedge, thy fence and guard,
Which stands close-leaved and tall against the blue,
Is the remembrance of the good and true,
By which to deeds of worth the heart is stirr'd;
—An odour fragrant as the precious nard,—
A fount of inspiration ever new.—
For Arnold here once nobly toiled and wrought,
Sowed precious seed which bears rich fruitage now,
Here with the false had ever grandly fought,
And at Truth's shrine compelled the knee to bow;
A living power from all he did and taught,
Still lingers round his beautiful Fox How.
Sowed precious seed which bears rich fruitage now,
Here with the false had ever grandly fought,
And at Truth's shrine compelled the knee to bow;
A living power from all he did and taught,
Still lingers round his beautiful Fox How.
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