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INDEPENDENCE by JAMES STEPHENS

First Line: I GREW SINGLE AND SURE
Last Line: THAT SHALL CAUSE ME TO GROW.
Subject(s): INDEPENDENCE;
I grew single and sure,
And I will not endure
That my mind should be seen
By the sage or the boor.

I will keep, if I can,
From each brotherly man:
The help of their hands
Is no part of my plan.

I will rise, I will go
To the land of my foe;
For his scowl is the sun
That shall cause me to grow.



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