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\title{A Legend}
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A knave and a fool on an island were cast; \\{}
Their ship had gone down in the hurricane’s blast.
On the island they met, while hungry and wet, \\{}
A wise man who aid to them gave; \\{}
They were given a home, with the freedom to roam, \\{}
Bounded by naught but the wave.
The fool, though demented, was easily contented \\{}
To live in this beautiful land: \\{}
But the knave was a schemer (there’s plenty lots meaner); \\{}
He thought out a wonderful plan.
Said the knave to the fool: “It’s plain that some rule \\{}
Must govern society here, \\{}
Else murder we’ll do—Anarchy ensue— \\{}
A government is needed, I fear.”
The fool was demented, and of course he consented, \\{}
But the wise man opposed it alone; \\{}
His logic was parried, for the measure was carried \\{}
Over the minority of one.
Now none but a fool, or a knave wants to rule, \\{}
For a wise man knows better than that; \\{}
So the knave was elected, for no fool is selected \\{}
To wear a governor’s hat.
The knave, as a state, was something quite great, \\{}
The fool was lost in surprise; \\{}
As he looked on in awe, for the majesty of law \\{}
Quite blinded and dazzled his eyes.
But states are expensive, and the fool was quite pensive \\{}
When the tax collector called round, \\{}
And took all his money, (and it wasn’t quite funny)— \\{}
As payment for using the ground.
E’re long the poor fool, by means of the rule \\{}
Of this cunning knave of a state, \\{}
Was reduced to a slave and made work for the knave, \\{}
From early morning till late.
The wise man foresaw that the knave and his law \\{}
Would drive from the island its peace; \\{}
He was branded a hater of law, and a traitor, \\{}
For whom toleration should cease.
The fool patriotic, and quite idiotic— \\{}
(Synomomous terms I declare,) \\{}
Was ready with chains, and the law’s legal pains, \\{}
To fasten his own despair,
And to kill with a blow, first his enemy’s foe, \\{}
And his own true defender and friend; \\{}
To preserve the knave’s law, which he worshiped in awe \\{}
And to the gallows the hero did send.
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The Anarchist Library
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Anti-Copyright
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Ross Winn
A Legend
1897
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Retrieved on 9\textsuperscript{th} May 2023 from \href{https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A\_Legend\_\%28Winn\%29}{en.wikisource.org}
Originally appeared in \emph{Firebrand}, March 7, 1897.
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