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THE PACK, by                    
First Line: Have you shuddered to think
Last Line: For their law is of tooth and of fang.
Subject(s): Justice; Law & Lawyers


Have you shuddered to think
How a wounded wolf
Is pulled down by the rest of the pack?
He may be the leader, all grizzled and old,
But that does not count with the pack.
What though he has led them through sunshine and rain,
They gloat at his wounds and rejoice in his pain—
For their law is of tooth and of fang.

Have you shuddered to think
How the human pack
Would rend you if you should go down?
If merely you stumble—you don't need to fall—
You will face them alone with your back to the wall;
They'll forget all the good you ever have done,
And charge you before you are down—
For their law is of tooth and of fang.





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