Living
There Are Two Rival Foes for Every Breast
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Living
There are two rival foes for every breast,
And both alike are enemies to rest.
Pear of these combatants is much the strongest,
Yet Hope upon the battle-ground stays longest.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “There Are Two Rival Foes for Every Breast.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/941/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “There Are Two Rival Foes for Every Breast.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/941/.
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