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INSCRIPTION FOR A BELL AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

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First Line: I CALL AS FLY THE IRREVOCABLE HOURS
Last Line: EVEN AS MEN CHOOSE, THEY EITHER GIVE OR TAKE.
Subject(s): CORNELL UNIVERSITY;
I CALL as fly the irrevocable hours,
Futile as air or strong as fate to make
Your lives of sand or granite; awful powers,
Even as men choose, they either give or take.



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