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POEMS.

II.

SUPERIORITY TO FATE.

SUPERIORITY to fate
Is difficult to learn.
'Tis not conferred by any,
But possible to earn

A pittance at a time,
Until, to her surprise,
The soul with strict economy
Subsists till Paradise.