Here I am who did the deed. |
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime - turn then your sword on me. |
Here's Death! twitching my ear: "Live," says he, "for I'm coming |
His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not. |
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it. |
Hope on, and save yourself for prosperous times. |
Hug the shore; let others try the deep. |
I am a Missouri boy too. I was born in Clinton, Missouri; my parents lived in Joplin, Missouri. I left at the age of five, but I still have family that lives here. I want to thank Don King for this opportunity. I will fight for the WBA cruiserweight title one more time. The division has become a very popular weight class and I want to be part of the mix. The best are fighting the best. |
I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts |
I have known sorrow and learned to aid the wretched. |
I have lived, and I have run the course which fortune allotted me; and now my shade shall descend illustrious to the grave. |
I see the same drive in her as in Britney, |
I shudder when relating it. |
I too must attempt a way by which I can raise myself above the ground, and soar triumphant through the lips of men. |
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them. |