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To a Famous Man.
Magic is out of date: and yet one day
You wrote five lines which have had power to slay
Many (alas!) by their own desperate hands,
You wrote five lines which have had power to slay
Many (alas!) by their own desperate hands,
With bullet, poison, water, knife or rope,
And will slay thousands more in many lands.
With false authority you took away
And will slay thousands more in many lands.
With false authority you took away
From striving human souls all trust and hope.
False—for you are no master in these things;
The Genius guiding you is bare of wings.
False—for you are no master in these things;
The Genius guiding you is bare of wings.
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