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1 I| might be snatched away~ Unto destruction; since no force were needed~ 2 I| imperishable, Nature allows~ Destruction nor collapse of aught, until~ 3 I| might be enough~ To cause destruction. For the slightest force~ 4 I| forth they flow and pile destruction round,~ Even as the water' 5 II| how avoid~ The highways of destruction? - since they be~ Mere living 6 II| again~ From very doorways of destruction~ Back unto life, rather 7 III| they inflict~ Their own destruction with a gloomy heart -~ Forgetful 8 V| twain:~ So speedily is its destruction veiled~ By the swift birth 9 VI| now~ In very doorway of destruction.~ And anxious anguish and 10 VI| scaped the doom of that destruction, yet~ Him there awaited 11 VI| Dreading the doorways of destruction~ So much, lived on, deprived