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First Line: I HAD A FRIEND TO SMOKE AND DRINK
Last Line: A LOVE THAT'S REARED AT THE BREAST?
Subject(s): FRIENDSHIP; LOVE;
I had a friend to smoke and drink,
We dined at clubs and saw the Play;
Till Love came, like the smallest wind,
And looked him quietly away.

So Friendship goes, and Love remains,
And who can question which is best —
A Friendship reared on the bottle, or
A Love that's reared at the breast?



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