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OF SCAEVOLA by ANONYMOUS

First Line: THE HAND BY WHICH NO KING BUT SERGEANT DIES
Last Line: WHEN ONE BURNT HAND SHALL THE WHOLE WAR DEVOUR
Subject(s): SCAEVOLA (1ST CENTURY B.C.);
THE hand by which no king but sergeant dies
Mutius in fire doth freely sacrifice;
The prince admires the hero, quits his pains,
And, victor from the siege, peace entertains:
Rome's more oblig'd to flames than arms or pow'r,
When one burnt hand shall the whole war devour.



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