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The Home Book of Verse — Volume 4

Part 4 — A STRONG HAND

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Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains; Grasp it like a lad of mettle, And it soft as silk remains:

So it is with these fair creatures, Use them kindly, they rebel; But be rough as nutmeg graters, And the rogues obey you well.

Aaron Hill [1685-1750]

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