EXPERIENCE.
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he lords of life, the lords of life,--I saw them pass,In their own guise,Like and unlike,Portly and grim,--Use and Surprise,Surface and Dream,Succession swift and spectral Wrong,Temperament without a tongue,And the inventor of the gameOmnipresent without name;--Some to see, some to be guessed,They march from east to west:Little man, least of all,Among the legs of his guardians tall,Walked about with puzzled look.Him by the hand dear Nature took,Dearest Nature, strong and kind,Whispered, 'Darling, never mind!To-morrow they will wear another face,The founder thou; these are thy race!'
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