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Helen Hunt Jackson: The mighty are...

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The mighty are brought low by many a thing
Too small to name. Beneath the daisy's disk
Lies hid the pebble for the fatal sling.

Source: Danger, n.d.
-- Helen Hunt Jackson, (Oct 15 1830-1885), US novelist, poet, essayist; She was an activist for Native American rights; wrote Ramona, 1884.


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