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The Pacifist

by Hilaire Belloc

Pale Ebenezer thought it wrong to fight,
But Roaring Bill (who killed him) thought it right.




Quotes of the Day

A poet's hope: to be, like some valley cheese,local, but prized elsewhere

• W. H. Auden



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  • Emily Dickinson
    It feels a shame to be Alive
    by Emily Dickinson
    444 It feels a shame to be Alive- When Men so brave-are dead- One envies the Distinguished Dust- Permitted-such a Head- The Stone-that tells defending Whom This Spartan put away