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By those that pluck out vehemently
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and those that draw out violently,
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by those that swim serenely
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and those that outstrip suddenly
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by those that direct an affair!
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Upon the day when the first blast shivers
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and the second blast follows it,
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hearts upon that day shall be athrob
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and their eyes shall be humbled.
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They shall say, 'What, are we being restored as we were before?
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What, when we are bones old and wasted?'
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They shall say, 'That then were a losing return!'
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But it shall be only a single scare,
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and behold, they are awakened.
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Hast thou received the story of Moses?
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When his Lord called to him in the holy valley, Towa:
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'Go to Pharaoh; he has waxed insolent.
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And say, "Hast thou the will to purify thyself;
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and that I should guide thee to thy Lord, then thou shalt fear?"'
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So he showed him the great sign,
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but he cried lies, and rebelled,
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then he turned away hastily,
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and proclaimed, and he said, 'I am your Lord, the Most High!'
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So God seized him with the chastisement of the Last World and the First.
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Surely in that is a lesson for him who fears!
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What, are you stronger in constitution or the heaven He built?
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He lifted up its vault, and levelled it,
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and darkened its night, and brought forth its forenoon;
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and the earth-after that He spread it out,
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