William Shenstone: Let the gull’d fool the toils of war pursue

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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
British writers on peace and war
William Shenstone: Ah, hapless realms! that war’s oppression feel.
William Shenstone: War, where bleed the many to enrich the few
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William Shenstone
From The Judgement of Hercules (1741)
“Let the gull’d fool the toils of war pursue,
Where bleed the many to enrich the few
Where Chance from Courage claims the boasted prize;
Where, though she give, your country oft denies…”