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III
He, too, was born of men who wooedThe savage walks of solitude,
And hewed close, clean to nature's laws—
Of men who knew not tears or fears,
Of men full-sexed, yet men who knew
Not sex till perfect manhood was.
When men had thews of antique men,
And one stood with the strength of ten;
When men gat men who dared to do;
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As Adam dwelt, when giants grew
And men as gods drew ample breath—
As Adams with their thousand years,
Ere drunkenness of sex had done
The silly world to willing death.
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