Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LOSSES, by WINIFRED LUCAS


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LOSSES, by                    
First Line: In every battle something dies
Last Line: Hurt with the thing that anger smote.
Alternate Author Name(s): Le Bailly, Mrs.
Subject(s): Betrayal; Fights; Love - Complaints


IN every battle something dies;
And I defy you, knowing this?
Loss in the wings of Victory flies;
And more than any ravished prize
Reverses miss.

If thine the day, oh love, or mine,
Some sweetness, harmless and remote,
Shall slaughtered lie, or wounded pine,
Hurt with the thing that anger smote.





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