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Give the man who is not made / To his trade / Swords to fling and catch again, / Coins to ring and snatch again, / Men to harm and cure again, / Snakes to charm and lure again -- / He'll be hurt by his own blade, / By his serpents disobeyed, / By his clumsiness bewrayed, / By the people mocked to scorn -- / So 'tis not with juggler born! / Pinch of dust or withered flower, / Chance-flung fruit or borrowed staff, / Serve his need and shore his power, / Bind the spell, or loose the laugh! / The Juggler's Song, op. 15
Followed a sudden natural reaction.