'BE with us by day, by night, br O lover, O friend; br Hold before us thy light br Unto the end! br 'See, all these children of ours br Starved and ill-clad. br Speak to thy heart's lily-flowers, br And make them glad! br 'Our wives and daughters are here, br Knowing wrong and shame's touch; br Bid them be of good cheer br Who have lovèd much. br 'And we, we are robbed and oppressed, br Even as thine were.