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First Line: Give them your silver, let the poor
Last Line: Worth twice their weight in gold?
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Depressions, Economic; Poverty; Recessions


Give them your silver, let the poor
Put on a braver show;
Let not their cold and sullen looks
Depress the world with woe.

But to the poor who laugh and sing,
Nor look depressed nor cold –
What can we give to these sweet souls,
Worth twice their weight in gold?





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