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 The blackest ink of fate are sure my lot,
 And when fate writ my name it made a blot.  
 The blackest ink of fate are sure my lot,
 And when fate writ my name it made a blot. 
I sometimes think I was born to live up to my name. How could I be anything else but what read more
I sometimes think I was born to live up to my name. How could I be anything else but what I am having been named Madonna? I would either have ended up a nun or this.
A good name, like good will, is attained by many actions and may be lost by one.
A good name, like good will, is attained by many actions and may be lost by one.
 We call a fig a fig, and a skiff a skiff.
 [Lat., Ficum vocamus ficum, et scapham scapham.]  
 We call a fig a fig, and a skiff a skiff.
 [Lat., Ficum vocamus ficum, et scapham scapham.] 
 Who hath not own'd, with rapture-smitten frame,
 The power of grace, the magic of a name.  
 Who hath not own'd, with rapture-smitten frame,
 The power of grace, the magic of a name. 
Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.
Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.
Above any Greek or Roman name.
Above any Greek or Roman name.
There be of them that have left a name behind them.
There be of them that have left a name behind them.
 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness 
arise with healing in his wings; and read more 
 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness 
arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow 
up as calves of the stall.