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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. THE GREAT LEADER, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poet's Biography
First Line: I use my name and powers, I use my great prestige
Last Line: Except as things to be destroyed in using.
Subject(s): Leadership
First Line: I use my name and powers, I use my great prestige
Last Line: Except as things to be destroyed in using.
Subject(s): Leadership
I USE my name and powers, I use my great prestige,
As a joiner uses a tool: they serve my purpose well
Nevertheless think not that I regard them
Except as things to be destroyed in using.
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