Living
What Is Deplorable
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Living
It is deplorable to fear an enemy,
But more deplorable to fear a friend
As wicked men must do, and good men may.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “What Is Deplorable.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/841/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “What Is Deplorable.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/841/.
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