thou must, beneath his will,
Let not one abject moan have place;
But with majestic, silent grace,
Maintain thy regal bearing still.

VI.

Look back through all thy storied past,
And sit erect in conscious pride:--
No grander heroes ever died--
No sterner, battled to the last!

VII.

Weep, if thou wilt, with proud, sad mein,
Thy blasted hopes--thy peace undone,--
Yet brave, live on,--nor seek to shun
Thy fate, like Egypt's conquer'd Queen.

VIII.

Though forced a captive's place to fill,
In the triumphal train,--yet there,
Superbly, like Zenobia, wear
Thy chains,--_Virginia Victrix_ still!

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