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Abu Menba Carawash, Sultan of Mousel – To Adversity
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Abu Menba Carawash, Sultan of Mousel – To Adversity
Hail chastening friend. Adversity! Tis thine
The mental ore to temper and refine
To cast in Virtue's mould the yielding heart
And Honour's polish to the mind impart
Without thy wakening touch, thy plastic aid
I'd lain the shapeless mass that Nature made
But formed, great artist, by thy magic hand
I gleam a sword, to conquer and command