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William Ross Wallace Quotes

American poet (1819–1881)

William Ross Wallace (1819 – May 5, 1881) was an American poet most famous for writing "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle Is The Hand That Rules The World".

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They say that man is mighty,
He governs land and sea;
He wields a mighty scepter
O'er lesser powers than he; But a mighty power and stronger, Man from his throne hath hurled, For the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rules the world.

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