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Robert W Service - Birds Of A FeatherRobert W Service - Birds Of A Feather
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Of bosom friends I`ve had but seven,           Despite my years are ripe; I hope they`re now enjoying Heaven,           Although they`re not the type; Nor, candidly, no more am I,           Though overdue to die.           For looking back I see that they           Were weak and wasteful men; They loved a sultry jest alway,           And women now and then. They smoked and gambled, soused and swore,           —Yet no one was a bore. `Tis strange I took to lads like these,           On whom the good should frown; Yet all with poetry would please           To wash his wassail down; Their temples touched the starry way,           But O what feet of clay! Well, all are dust, of fame bereft;           They bore a cruel cross, And I, the canny one, am left,—           Yet as I grieve their loss, I deem, because they loved me well,           They`ll welcome me in Hell.
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