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PHILOSOPHY by C. W. CRANNELL

First Line: SHALL I GRIEVE BECAUSE A MAID
Last Line: MEDAL MEN ARE SELDOM IN IT.
Subject(s): LOVE - UNREQUITED; PHILOSOPHY & PHILOSOPHERS;
SHALL I grieve because a maid
Swore to love me -- failed to do it?
When we both are old and staid,
I shall laugh -- and she shall rue it.
Shall I grieve, if for a prize,
Strive my best -- I fail to win it?
In the world where honor lies,
Medal men are seldom in it.



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