Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CLEMENCY, by ROBERT HERRICK


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First Line: For punishment in warre
Last Line: Where the fault springs, there let the judgement fall.
Subject(s): War


For punishment in warre, it will suffice,
If the chiefe Author of the faction dyes;
Let but few smart, but strike a feare through all:
Where the fault springs, there let the judgement fall.





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