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Robert W Service - Cowardice
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Although you deem it far from nice,
         And it perchance may hurt you,
Let me suggest that cowardice
         Can masquerade as virtue;
And many a maid remains a maid
         Because she is afraid.
         
And many a man is chaste because
         He fears the house of sin;
And though before the door he pause,
         He dare not enter in:
So worse than being dissolute
         At home he plays the flute.

And many an old cove such as I
         Is troubled with the jitters,
And being as he`s scared to die
         Gives up his gin and bitters;
While dreading stomach ulcers he
         Chucks dinner for high tea.

Well, we are wise. When life begins
         To look so dour and dark
`Tis good to jettison our sins
         And keep afloat the bark:
But don`t let us claim lack of vice
         For what`s plumb cowardice!
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