Mortal Combat - Mary Coleridge
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bardachdMortal Combat
It is because you were my friend.
I fought you as the devil fights.
Whatever fortune God may send,
For once I set the world to rights.
And that was when I thrust you down,
And stabbed you twice and twice again,
Because you dared take off your crown,
And be a man like other men.
It is because you were my friend.
I fought you as the devil fights.
Whatever fortune God may send,
For once I set the world to rights.
And that was when I thrust you down,
And stabbed you twice and twice again,
Because you dared take off your crown,
And be a man like other men.
