Accurs'd be he that first invented war! <br />They knew not, ah, they knew not, simple men, <br />How those were hit by pelting cannon-shot <br />Stand staggering like a quivering aspen-leaf <br />Fearing the force of Boreas' boisterous blasts! <br />In what a lamentable case where I, <br />If nature had not given me wisdom's lore! <br />For kings are clouts that every man shoots at, <br />Our crown the pin that thousands seek to cleave: <br />Therefore in policy I think it good <br />To hide it close; a goodly stratagem, <br />And far from any man that is a fool: <br />So shall not I be known; or if I be, <br />They cannot take away my crown from me. <br />Here will I hide it in this simple hole.<br /><br />Christopher Marlowe<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/accurs-d-be-he-that-first-invented-war/
