 | The Poems of Sir William Watson |  |
THE EASIEST REVENGE
If one who lacks no just applause, and whoStands like a living simile of success,
Should yet have sought to pierce me through and through
With his renowned pen-poniard, o'er and o'er,
Should I forgive him? Yes!
Nothing could cost me less,
Or gall him more.
1921
| The Poems of Sir William Watson | |