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What if the road is rough, the dart / Of mischance levelled at thy breast? / Beyond the shudder and the smart, / Canst thou not see the jest?
What if the arrow in the sling / Was tipped with poison ere it flew? / Since thine the hurt and thine the sting, / Be thine the laughter too.
Canst thou not read the wit that lies / Beneath the bold burlesque of Fate? / Or art thou sick of parodies / Who playest with love and hate?
What! take the stage again and gasp / The comedy of self-control? -- / Nay, better stand aside to grasp / The humour of the whole.