Versos English James Miller Seton

English poem

Seton

by (1860–1947)

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Be it so!— Although in calmer hours my soul would shrink From such an act; but being thus pursued I can but strike, be the blow foul or fair; And, surely, if in jeopardy the drowner Destroys the arm that saves him, well may I Strike down the monster who devours my flesh.