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Arise, O Soul, and gird thee up anew,
Though the black camel Death kneel at thy gate;
No beggar thou that thou for alms shouldst sue;
Be the proud captain still of thine own fate!

— James Benjamin Kenyon

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Compare: Henley, "Invictus" · Abd-el-Kader

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