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WHAT REDRESS by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: I PRAY YOU, DO NOT USE THIS THING
Last Line: THERE'S NOTHING HURTS LIKE TENDERNESS.
Subject(s): LOVE - NATURE OF; PRAYER;

I PRAY you, do not use this thing
For vengeance; but if questioning
What wound, when dealt your humankind,
Goes deepest, -- surely he will find
Who wrongs @3you,@1 loving @3him@1 no less --
There's nothing hurts like tenderness.



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