The End and the Beginning + 

The deed is done, O Kings: the blood is shed: + 

The sword is broken:⁠—broken, too, the Cross. + 

But she, the mother eternal of the dead, + 

Though sorrow-laden, smiles at the loss. + 

You go down grimed with the blood and smoke of wars; + 

Your armies scattered and your banners furled; + 

She comes down covered with the dust of stars, + 

And gives her life again to build the world. + 