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A PRAYER by HENRY MAXIMILIAN BEERBOHM

First Line: IF I POPPED IN AT DOWNING STREET
Last Line: TO WRITE A POME FOR THEE!'
Subject(s): GALSWORTHY, JOHN (1867-1933); MARSH, EDWARD (1872-1953);

If I popped in at Downing Street
And Eddie were at home,
What is the pome wherewith I'd greet
Him? I will write the pome:

'O, Eddie, dear old boy,
O, C.M.G., C.B.,
Make firm in me a heart too coy
To write a pome for thee!'



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