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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INSCRIPTION FOR A BELL AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I call as fly the irrevocable hours
Last Line: Even as men choose, they either give or take.
Subject(s): Cornell University
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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