They shall go down unto Life's Borderland, br Walk unafraid within that Living Hell, br Nor heed the driving rain of shot and shell br That 'round them falls; but with uplifted hand br Be one with mighty hosts, an arméd band br Against man's wrong to man--for such full well br They know. And from their trembling lips shall swell br A song of hope the world can understand. br All this to them shall be a glorious sign, br A glimmer of that resurrection morn, br When age-long Faith crowned with a grace benign br Shall rise and from their brows cast down the thorn br Of prejudice. E'en though through blood it be, br There breaks this day their dawn of Liberty.