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What is the name, and who is the author of this poem?

The ___ is__by his____,
the tyrant is dragged by his chains.
The ___is ____by his riches,
and the slayer lies dead by the slain.

Edwin Markham???


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Hello,
The robber is robbed by his riches;
The tyrant is dragged by his chain;
The schemer is snared by his cunning,
The slayer lies dead by the slain.

You are right, Edwin Markham.
Excellent words.

Here's another one I like, by A.E.Housman:
The stars have not dealt me the worst they could do:
My pleasures are plenty, my troubles are two.
But oh, my two troubles they reave me of rest,
The brains in my head and the heart in my breast.

Oh grant me the ease that is granted so free,
The birthright of multitudes, give it to me,
That relish their victuals and rest on their bed
With flint in the bosom and guts in the head.