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62 No passion; all went on by crank,

Pivot, and screw,

And calculations of caloric.

Needless to dwell; the story's known.

the ringing of those plates on plates

Still ringeth round the world—

The clangor of that blacksmith's fray.

The anvil-din

Resounds this message from the Fates:

War shall yet be, and to the end;

But war-paint shows the streaks of weather;

War yet shall be, but warriors

Are now but operatives; War's made

Less grand than Peace,

And a singe runs through lace and feather.