advice to youth

    the proper magic leads you to this place
    there is no hesitation when you speak
    a single syllable explodes to grace

    all signs of weariness must leave your face
    and your heart bear up under all critique
    the proper magic leads you to this place

    you've reached the culmination of the chase
    and found the spring of the refreshing creek
    a single syllable explodes to grace

    at last you are the winner of the race
    and know exactly what it is you seek
    the proper magic leads you to this place

    no reason now to bow or to abase
    yourself before the gods upon the peak
    a single syllable explodes to grace

    the joys that now you find you must embrace
    serve to protect you from both strong and weak
    the proper magic leads you to this place
    a single syllable explodes to grace

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