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RICH OR POOR by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

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First Line: WITH THY TRUE LOVE I HAVE MORE WEALTH
Last Line: THOSE KINGS AND MISERS MADE SO POOR.
Subject(s): LOVE;
With thy true love I have more wealth
Than Charon's piled-up bank doth hold;
Where he makes kings lay down their crowns
And lifelong misers leave their gold.

Without thy love I've no more wealth
Than seen upon that other shore;
That cold, bare bank he rows them to --
Those kings and misers made so poor.



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