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| ACCURS’D BE HE THAT FIRST INVENTED WAR! |
by: Christopher Marlowe
(1564-1593) |
 CCURS’D
be he that first invented war!
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They knew not, ah, they knew not, simple men,
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How those were hit by pelting cannon-shot
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Stand staggering like a quivering aspen-leaf
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Fearing the force of Boreas’ boisterous blasts!
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In what a lamentable case where I,
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If nature had not given me wisdom’s lore!
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For kings are clouts that every man shoots at,
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Our crown the pin that thousands seek to cleave:
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Therefore in policy I think it good
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So shall not I be known; or if I be,
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To hide it close; a goodly stratagem,
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And far from any man that is a fool:
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They cannot take away my crown from me.
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Here will I hide it in this simple hole.
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