Preparedness
For all your days prepare,
And meet them ever alike:
When you are the anvil, bear–
When you are the hammer, Strike.
Outwitted
He drew a circle that shut me out–
Heretic, a rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle that took him in!
The Avengers
The laws are the secret avengers,
And they rule above all lands;
They come on wool-soft sandals,
But they strike with iron hands.
(Edwin Markham)
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