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Necessity--thou best of peacemakers,
As well as surest prompter of invention.
Necessity--thou best of peacemakers,
As well as surest prompter of invention.
Necessity is the author of change
Necessity is the author of change
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
[Lat., Necessitas etiam timidos fortes facit.]
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
[Lat., Necessitas etiam timidos fortes facit.]
My steps have pressed the flowers,
That to the Muses' bowers
The eternal dews of Helicon have read more
My steps have pressed the flowers,
That to the Muses' bowers
The eternal dews of Helicon have given:
And trod the mountain height,
Where Science, young and bright,
Scans with poetic gaze the midnight-heaven.
Yet have I found no power to vie
With thine, severe necessity!
The art of our necessities is strange, That can make vile things precious.
The art of our necessities is strange, That can make vile things precious.
Necessity dispenseth with decorum.
Necessity dispenseth with decorum.
No, rather I abjure all roofs, and choose
To wage against the emnity o' th' air,
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No, rather I abjure all roofs, and choose
To wage against the emnity o' th' air,
To be a comrade with the wolf and owl,
Necessity's sharp pinch.
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
