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'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
You harp perpetually on the same string.
You harp perpetually on the same string.
Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.
Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.
Demons in act, but gods at least in face.
Demons in act, but gods at least in face.
Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.
Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
