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THE POOR MAN IS NOT LOVED by MARCUS ARGENTARIUS

First Line: YES, YOU WERE LOVED, SOSICRATES, WHEN RICH; BUT NOW IN HER
Last Line: THAT 'PENNILESS' AND 'LOVELESS' ARE THE SAME?
Subject(s): LOVE - MATERIALISM; POVERTY;

YES, you were loved, Sosicrates, when rich; but now in her
Love's dead: the drug of poverty's to blame;
She called you 'dear Adonis' once; she found you very myrrh,
And now she dares to ask you -- 'what's your name,
And whence you come and where you live?' O don't you know, good Sir,
That 'penniless' and 'loveless' are the same?



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