<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=345304" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Battle Between The Rats And The Weazles</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">In dire Contest the Rats and Weazles met, <br>And Foot to Foot, and Point to Point was set: <br>An ancient Quarrel had such Hatred wrought,<br>That for Revenge, as for Renown, they fought. <br>Now bloody was the Day, and hard the Strife,<br>Wherein bold Warriors lost neglected Life;<br>But as, some Errors still we must commit, <br>Nor Valour always ballanc'd is by Wit;<br>Among the Rats some Officers appear'd,<br>With lofty Plumage on their Foreheads rear'd,<br>Unthinking they, and ruin'd by their Pride:<br>For when the Weazles prov'd the stronger Side,<br>A gen'ral Rout befell, and a Retreat, <br>Was by the Vanquish'd now implor'd of Fate; <br>To slender Crannies all repair'd in haste,<br>Where easily the undress'd Vulgar past: <br>But when the Rats of Figure wou'd have fled,<br>So wide those branching Marks of Honour spread, <br>The Feather in the Cap was fatal to the Head.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Anne+Kingsmill+Finch">Anne Kingsmill Finch</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=345304" data-title="The Battle Between The Rats And The Weazles de Anne Kingsmill Finch" data-description="In dire Contest the Rats and Weazles met, And Foot to Foot, and Point to Point was set: An ancient Quarrel had such Hatred wrought, That for Revenge, as for Renown, they fought. Now bloody was the Day, and hard the Strife, Wherein bold Warriors..."></div> </div> </div>

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