Ever to Be + 

My far cry, though no one should echo⁠— + 

Though no one to listen should stand, + 

I shall dare with my burden the darkness + 

And I shall not retreat from this land; + 

Though I’m hurled ’neath the feet of the millions, + 

Who struggle their places to keep, + 

The sea-nymphs still bathe with my Fancy + 

And the Dryads still sweeten my sleep. + 

Though I’m crushed, cast away and forgotten⁠— + 

Though I’m buried in the dust of their cars, + 

I can see through their madness above me⁠— + 

I can feel the quick pulse of the stars; + 

Though my head be the foot-stool of tyrants, + 

Though my back be a step to their throne, + 

I still dwell with the kings of Orion + 

And I walk with the sun-queen alone. + 

Though the fire of my youth should consume me⁠— + 

Though my body a brimstone should be, + 

I can draw on the clouds for their water + 

And behold! I’ve of water a sea; + 

And though roofless, and friendless, and hopeless, + 

And loveless, and godless I stand, + 

The waves of my Life shall continue + 

To murmur and laugh on the Strand. + 