Rockin' & Rulin'

They say that man is mighty,
he ruleth land and sea
he wields a mighty scepter o'er
the lesser powers that be
but a greater power and stronger
man from his throne has hurled,
for the hand that rocks the cradle
is the hand that rules the world.


I read this poem long ago and memorized it but I don't remember who wrote it. Maybe it's a variation on the original by William Rose Wallace which you can read here: http://theotherpages.org/poems/wallace1.html