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POT AND KETTLE, by                 Poet Analysis    
First Line: Away! I cried, to a spiteful wasp
Last Line: Should please your masters – pot and kettle.'
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Fights


'Away!' I cried, to a spiteful Wasp,
Who challenged me to fight;
'Would you, a paltry dram of flesh,
Attack a hundredweight?
Go, little upstart, try your mettle
On some old spider, bug or beetle.'

'Your pardon, Sir,' the Wasp replied:
'If man attacks a God in Heaven,
Why can't a Wasp attack a man –
Which is the most uneven?
This wise discourse, on power and mettle,
Should please your Masters – Pot and Kettle.'





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