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A COWARD'S BLOW.
The strong man smote his wife;
No help for her was nigh;
No strength had she, to fight for life:
She died, and he must die!
No help for her was nigh;
No strength had she, to fight for life:
She died, and he must die!
Sad is it to be weak,
And sadder to be wrong;
But if the strong God's statutes break,
'Tis saddest to be strong.
And sadder to be wrong;
But if the strong God's statutes break,
'Tis saddest to be strong.
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