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Excerpt from The Completion of the Spire: And Other Poems
Mighty throng of people filled the streets, CD Ten thousand eyes upon the new-built spire Were fixed. Graceful and fair it rose Above the massive portals and arched entrances Of Copenhagen's far-famed kirk, A marvel of construction and of beauty. But a few strokes were to be added And the life-long dream of Hans the builder, Finished, would forever live in stone. But now upon the eve Of the eventful hour, The heart of Hans the builder is sad, For in all the progress of the work, And daily laying of stone on stone, And constant lifting Of beams to dizzy heights, Not one drop of blood had sealed the work, Not one expiring soul had left its legacy Of immortality to the builder's skill. And to every master builder it was known, That no spire or tower or monument ever built Could last without the seal of blood.
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