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 And if he still remembers here Poor fights he may have won or lost,— If he be ridden with the fear Of what some other fight may cost,—

If, eager to confuse too soon, What he has known with what may be, He reads a planet out of tune For cause of his jarred harmony,—

If here he venture to unroll His index of adagios, And he be given to console Humanity with what he knows,—

He may by contemplation learn A little more than what he knew, And even see great oaks return To acorns out of which they grew.