“Arise! no more a living lie,
And with me quicken and control
Some memory that shall magnify
The universal Soul.”

— William Ernest Henley

Source: Poems (1898), Rhymes And Rhythms, XII
Context: p>Think on the shame of dreams for deeds,
The scandal of unnatural strife,
The slur upon immortal needs,
The treason done to life:Arise! no more a living lie,
And with me quicken and control
Some memory that shall magnify
The universal Soul.</p

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