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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FORGIVENESS, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Stung by a spiteful wasp
Last Line: More difference.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Forgiveness; Clemency
First Line: Stung by a spiteful wasp
Last Line: More difference.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Forgiveness; Clemency
STUNG by a spiteful wasp,
I let him go life free:
That proved the difference
In him and me.
For, had I killed my foe,
It had proved me at once
The stronger wasp, and no
More difference.
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