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Peace

by Ambrose Bierce

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When lion and lamb have together lain down Spectators cry out, all in chorus: “The lamb doesn’t shrink nor the lion frown⁠— A miracle’s working before us!”
But ’tis patent why Hot-head his wrath holds in, And Faint-heart her terror and loathing; For the one’s but an ass in a lion’s skin, The other a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

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