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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPIGRAM, by JOHN BYROM Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Safer to reconcile a foe, than make
Last Line: But that disarms him of the very will.
First Line: Safer to reconcile a foe, than make
Last Line: But that disarms him of the very will.
SAFER to reconcile a foe, than make
A conquest of him for the conquest's sake;
This tames his pow'r of doing present ill,
But that disarms him of the very will.
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