Stands virginal and splendid as at birth,
With all thine heaven of all its light unladen
Of all it's love unburdened all thine earth.
....
Through the iron years, the centuries brazen-gated,
By the ages' barred impenetrable doors,
From the evening to the morning have we waited,
Should thy foot haply sound on the awful floors."
-Algernon Charles Swineburne
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