Careful Words

muscle (n.)

muscle (v.)

Action is transitory,—a step, a blow;

The motion of a muscle, this way or that.

William Wordsworth (1770-1850): The Borderers. Act iii.

In life's small things be resolute and great

To keep thy muscle trained: know'st thou when Fate

Thy measure takes, or when she 'll say to thee,

"I find thee worthy; do this deed for me"?

James Russell Lowell (1819-1891): Epigram.