John of Gaunt

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    Gracious Lord, oh bomb the Germans.
    Spare their women for Thy Sake,
    And if that is not too easy
    We will pardon Thy Mistake.
    But gracious Lord, whate’er shall be,
    Don’t let anyone bomb me.
    —Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)

    The gaunt guitarists on the strings
    Rumbled a-day and a-day, a-day.
    Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)