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    To The Philippine Youth

    Hold high the brow serene,


    O youth, where now you stand;
    Let the bright sheen
    Of your grace be seen,
    Fair hope of my fatherland!

    Come now, thou genius grand,


    And bring down inspiration;
    With thy mighty hand,
    Swifter than the wind's violation,
    Raise the eager mind to higher station.

    Come down with pleasing light


    Of art and science to the fight,
    O youth, and there untie
    The chains that heavy lie,
    Your spirit free to blight.
    See how in flaming zone
    Amid the shadows thrown,
    The Spaniard'a holy hand
    A crown's resplendent band
    Proffers to this Indian land.

    Thou, who now wouldst rise


    On wings of rich emprise,
    Seeking from Olympian skies
    Songs of sweetest strain,
    Softer than ambrosial rain;
    Thou, whose voice divine
    Rivals Philomel's refrain
    And with varied line
    Through the night benign
    Frees mortality from pain;

    Thou, who by sharp strife


    Wakest thy mind to life ;
    And the memory bright
    Of thy genius' light
    Makest immortal in its strength ;

    And thou, in accents clear


    Of Phoebus, to Apelles dear ;
    Or by the brush's magic art
    Takest from nature's store a part,
    To fig it on the simple canvas' length ;

    Go forth, and then the sacred fire


    Of thy genius to the laurel may aspire ;
    To spread around the fame,
    And in victory acclaim,
    Through wider spheres the human name.

    Day, O happy day,


    Fair Filipinas, for thy land!
    So bless the Power to-day
    That places in thy way
    This favor and this fortune grand!

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