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Jubal sang of the Wrath of God / And the curse of thistle and thorn -- / But Tubal got him a pointed rod, / And scrabbled the earth for corn. / Old -- old as that early mould, / Young as the sprouting grain -- / Yearly green is the strife between / Jubal and Tubal Cain!
Jubal sang of the new-found sea, / And the love that its waves divide -- / But Tubal hollowed a fallen tree / And passed to the further side. / Black -- black as the hurricane-wrack, / Salt as the under-main -- / Bitter and cold is the hate they hold -- / Jubal and Tubal Cain!