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OME mighty Must! Inevitable Shall! In thee I trust.
 * Time weaves my coronal!

Go mocking Is!
 * Go disappointing Was!

That I am this
 * Ye are the cursed cause!

Yet humble second shall be first,
 * I ween;

And dead and buried be the curst
 * Has Been!

Oh weak Might Be!
 * Oh May, Might, Could, Would, Should!

How powerless ye
 * For evil or for good!

In every sense
 * Your moods I cheerless call,

Whate'er your tense
 * Ye are Imperfect, all!

Ye have deceived the trust I've shown
 * In ye!

Away! The Mighty Must alone
 * Shall be!