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CROESUS DISCOVERS by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS

First Line: I THOUGHT I WAS A POOR MAN ALL MY DAYS
Last Line: MY FRIENDS -- I HAD MY FRIENDS!
Subject(s): CROESUS, KING OF LYDIA (D. 546 B.C.);
I thought I was a poor man all my days,
And only late I knew
Riches that filled my soul with glad amaze,
All-marvellous to view.

How am I shamed that I have hung my head
The way a pauper bends!
I should have walked the earth a king instead:
My friends -- I had my friends!



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