O let me ever live in defiance of the world, Spitting in contempt and seething with rage, Burning too brilliantly for any cage. O let me ever live in defiance of the world, Turning always for the ways untrod- Not shackled by man or beast or god. O let me ever live in defiance of the world, Too furious to give in to fear, Unbroken even when the end is near. O let me ever live in defiance of the world, The tears I shed, of love for the dead, Keeping them alive in my heart and my head. O let me ever live in defiance of the world, Running whenever sluggards abide, But unshakable rock before the tide. O let me ever live in defiance of the world; And if, at last, my fury is spent, May ashes still choke everywhere that I went.