Pansies (Lawrence)/Attila

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ATTILA
I would call Attila, on his little horse
a man of peace.

For after all, he helped to smash a lot of old Roman lies,
the lies, the treachery, the slippery cultured squalor of that sneaking court of Ravenna.
And after all, lying and base hypocrisy and treachery
are much more hellishly peaceless than a little straight-forward bloodshed
which may occasionally be a preliminary to the peace that passes understanding.

So that I would call Attila, on his little horse
a man of peace.

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