The English could have dumped 'frith' for 'peace'
after the Romans took them over,
or could have waited
till after the French took them too.
In either case, the dumping
wouldn't have happened just like snap.
'Frith' and 'peace' would have striven together,
like 'faucet' now strives with 'tap'.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem