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THE AUTHOR'S MANNER OF LIVING by JONATHAN SWIFT

First Line: ON RAINY DAYS I DINE ALONE
Last Line: I PAY MY CLUB, AND SO GOD B' Y' --
Subject(s): HUMAN BEHAVIOR; CONDUCT OF LIFE; HUMAN NATURE;
On rainy days alone I dine,
Upon a chick, and pint of wine.
On rainy days, I dine alone,
And pick my chicken to the bone:
But this my servants much enrages,
No scraps remain to save board-wages.
In weather fine I nothing spend,
But often sponge upon a friend:
Yet where he's not so rich as I;
I pay my club, and so God b' y' --






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