Rewards and Fairies by Rudyard Kipling
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Eat and drink in Mary's Name, the whiles I do recall
How Iron - Cold Iron - can be master of men all!' He took the Wine and blessed It; He blessed and brake the Bread. With His own Hands He served Them, and presently He said: 'Look! These Hands they pierced with nails outside my city wall Show Iron - Cold Iron - to be master of men all! 'Wounds are for the desperate, blows are for the strong, Balm and oil for weary hearts all cut and bruised with wrong. I forgive thy treason - I redeem thy fall - For Iron - Cold Iron - must be master of men all!' 'Crowns are for the valiant - sceptres for the bold! Thrones and powers for mighty men who dare to take and hold.' 'Nay!' said the Baron, kneeling in his hall, 'But Iron - Cold Iron - is master of men all! Iron, out of Calvary, is master of men all!' GLORIANA The Two Cousins Valour and Innocence |
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