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Thoughts in Rhyme

THOUGHTS SOUND GOOD, IF SOMETIMES
THEY'RE NICELY PUT IN OLD-FASHIONED RHYMES

By Rahomme de Linde

XI. MISCELLANEOUS

    1. Powerless rage of a mindless band
      Oft burn the flag of another land.

    2. Saying good of a race won't hurt you
      Even if it's not entirely true.

    3. Rabbi, priest, Imam and Pope
      Bring not peace, but lots of hope.

    4. There's no God, did the Buddha say;
      So they made him God, when he passed away.*

    5. Those in power make or mar
      The institutions where they are.*

    6. Unseen forces affect us too
      In things we think we alone do.*

    7. Great may moral precepts sound;
      But they also tell that sins abound.*

    8. When a teacher calls a question swell,
      It means he knows its answer well.*

    9. In the state of sleep, the short and tall,
      Are equals as are kings and all.

    10. What a human brain to a human tells
      Would change, if made of something else.

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