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Far-reaching issues, whose decision still

Shifteth, with mind unwarped to judge of these

Fairly, is hard: yet sure the Immortals’ will

Ordained this island rampired by the seas

To be for strangers out of every clime

A god-reared pillar of strength, land of the free⁠—

Oh may the years in this work through all time

Toil tirelessly!⁠—