Preparedness <br /> <br />For all your days prepare, <br />And meet them ever alike: <br />When you are the anvil, bear-- <br />When you are the hammer, Strike. <br /> <br />Outwitted <br /> <br />He drew a circle that shut me out-- <br />Heretic, a rebel, a thing to flout. <br />But Love and I had the wit to win: <br />We drew a circle that took him in! <br /> <br /> <br />The Avengers <br /> <br /> <br />The laws are the secret avengers, <br />And they rule above all lands; <br />They come on wool-soft sandals, <br />But they strike with iron hands.<br /><br />Edwin Markham<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/epigrams-3/
