Come mighty Must! <br />Inevitable Shall! <br />In thee I trust. <br />Time weaves my coronal! <br />Go mocking Is! <br />Go disappointing Was! <br />That I am this <br />Ye are the cursed cause! <br />Yet humble Second shall be First, <br />I ween; <br />And dead and buried be the curst <br />Has Been! <br /> <br />Oh weak Might Be! <br />Oh May, Might, Could, Would, Should! <br />How powerless ye <br />For evil or for good! <br />In every sense <br />Your moods I cheerless call, <br />Whate'er your tense <br />Ye are Imperfect, all! <br />Ye have deceived the trust I've shown <br />In ye! <br />Away! The Mighty Must alone <br />Shall be!<br /><br />William Schwenck Gilbert<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-mighty-must/
