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THE LAST MAN: BONA DE MORTUIS by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES

Poet Analysis

First Line: AYE, THE GOOD MAN, KIND FATHER, BEST OF FRIENDS
Last Line: LIKE TOADS AMONG THEM.
Subject(s): HATE;

Aye, the good man, kind father, best of friends --
These are the words that grow like grass and nettles
Out of dead men, and speckled hatreds hide
Like toads among them.



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