Fables in Song By Robert Lord Lytton |
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The dying Fire heard this,And with a hiss
Spat out the scorn of his indignant hate,
“Demon of Impotence!
Boast not that thou art great,
Upon the poor pretence
Of greatness hinder'd and defeated by thee.
Force to annihilate
Force, hast thou: but the gods deny thee
Force to create.”
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