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James Whitcomb Riley - The Treasure Of The Wise ManJames Whitcomb Riley - The Treasure Of The Wise Man
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O the night was dark and the night was late,     And the robbers came to rob him;   And they picked the locks of his palace-gate,     The robbers that came to rob him--   They picked the locks of his palace-gate,   Seized his jewels and gems of state,   His coffers of gold and his priceless plate,--     The robbers that came to rob him.   But loud laughed he in the morning red!--     For of what had the robbers robbed him?--   Ho! hidden safe, as he slept in bed,     When the robbers came to rob him,--   They robbed him not of a golden shred   Of the childish dreams in his wise old head--   "And they`re welcome to all things else," he said,     When the robbers came to rob him.
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