Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FRIENDS AND FOES, by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS



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First Line: Bitter the things one's enemies will say
Last Line: The things one's friends will say in one's defence.
Alternate Author Name(s): Howells, W. D.
Subject(s): Enemies; Friendship


Bitter the things one's enemies will say
Against one sometimes when one is away,
But of a bitterness far more intense
The things one's friends will say in one's defence.





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