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The Builders.
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Else our lives are incomplete,Standing in these walls of Time,Broken stairways, where the feetStumble as they seek to climb.
Build to-day, then, strong and sure,With a firm and ample base;And ascending and secureShall to-morrow find its place.
Thus alone can we attainTo those turrets, where the eyeSees the world as one vast plain,And one boundless reach of sky.