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on the italian colours.
VIII.

As fair, as shining, and as bright
Art thou as she we hear came down
From heaven in bridal robes of white,
Thy New Jerusalem, St John.

IX.

And like hers, too, a promise stands
In this great victory won by thee,
A hope to all the yearning lands,
Witness and pledge to Italy.