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Craft against vice I must apply.
Craft against vice I must apply.
The shadow of a mighty name.
The shadow of a mighty name.
They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
A name, it has more than nominal worth,
And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.
A name, it has more than nominal worth,
And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.
But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.
But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.
I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.