This one's for Looey.
The Man He Killed ~Thomas Hardy "Had he and I but met
By some old ancient inn,
We should have sat us down to wet
Right many a nipperkin! "But ranged as infantry,
And staring face to face,
I shot at him and he at me,
And killed him in his place. "I shot him dead because –
Because he was my foe,
Just so – my foe of course he was;
That's clear enough; although "He thought he'd 'list perhaps,
Off-hand like – just as I –
Was out of work – had sold his traps –
No other reason why. "Yes; quaint and curious war is!
You shoot a fellow down
You'd treat if met where any bar is,
Or help to half-a-crown."
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Have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two? Judges 5:30
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