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QUATRAIN: SELF-RELIANCE by RALPH WALDO EMERSON

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First Line: CAST THE BANTLING ON THE ROCKS
Last Line: POWER AND SPEED BE HANDS AND FEET.
Subject(s): SELF-RELIANCE;
Cast the bantling on the rocks,
Suckle him with the she-wolf's teat,
Wintered with the hawk and fox,
Power and speed be hands and feet.



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