Sonnet to the Mantled + 

And they shall rise and cast their mantles by, + 

Erect and strong and visioned, in the day + 

That rings the knell of Curfew o’er the sway + 

Of prejudice⁠—who reels with mortal cry + 

To lift no more her leprous, blinded eye, + 

Reft of the fetters, far more cursed than they + 

Which held dominion o’er human clay, + 

The spirit soars aloft where rainbows lie. + 

Like joyful exiles swift returning home⁠— + 

The rhythmic chanson of their eager feet, + 

While voices strange to ecstasy, long dumb, + 

Break forth in major rhapsodies, full sweet. + 

Into the very star-shine, lo! they come + 

Wearing the bays of victory complete! + 