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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AD ASTRA: 123, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE
First Line: Bewilder'd 'mid the clash and the recoil
Last Line: Since he who would subsist must live by strife!
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Life
First Line: Bewilder'd 'mid the clash and the recoil
Last Line: Since he who would subsist must live by strife!
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Life
Bewilder'd 'mid the clash and the recoil
Of millions battling for the prize of place,
Man, blinded by the bigotry of toil,
O'erthrows the starry ladder of the race.
The struggle for existence doth efface
The self-denying ordinance of life,
Since he who would subsist must live by strife!
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