Let Will but set its appetite on war, And Reason will promp… - Alfred Austin

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Let Will but set its appetite on war,
And Reason will promptly invent offence,
And furnish blood with arguments.

Alfred Austin

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Alfred Austin DL (30 May 1835 – 2 June 1913) was an English poet who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896.

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Let Will but set its appetite on war, And Reason will promptly invent offence, And furnish blood with arguments. - Alfred Austin

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