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Creatures of power, creatures of grade, creatures of beauty, creatures of strength. As for their lives, they set everything's pace. For all things must come to live. Under their emerald embraceย Either in their life or in their death.
When it is alive we sing, when it is dead we clap our hands. What is it?
What always goes to bed with his shoes on?
Held firmly in the hands, like a sword it cuts deep. Bloodless strokes, all, then forward we leap.
Come up and let us go. Go down and here we stay
I have two eyes in the front and a lot of eyes on my tail