Friends And Foes Poem by William Dean Howells

Friends And Foes



BITTER the things one’s enemies will say
Against one sometimes when one is away,
But of a bitterness far more intense
The things one’s friends will say in one’s defence.

William Dean Howells
Friday, April 16, 2010
Topic(s) of this poem: enemies,friends,sometimes
poem poems sometimes Friends Enemies
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