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QUATRAIN: SPENDTHRIFT by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH

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First Line: THE FAULT'S NOT MINE, YOU UNDERSTAND
Last Line: AND NOT MUCH GOLD.
Subject(s): SPENDTHRIFTS;
THE fault's not mine, you understand:
God shaped my palm so I can hold
But little water in my hand
And not much gold.



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