The Man He Killed
“Had he and I but met
By some old ancient inn,
We should have sat down to wet
Right many a nipperkin!
“But ranged as infantry,
And staring face to face,
I shot at him as he at me,
And killed him in his place.
“I shot him dead because-
Because he was my foe,
Just so: my foe of course he was;
That is clear enough; although…
Thomas Hardy
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