✦ A Poem Served Instead of an Ad ✦
'Tis not the lack of gold, father,
Nor want of worldly gear;
My lands are broad, and fair to see,
My friends are kind and dear.
My kin are leal and true, father,
They mourn to see my grief;
But, oh! 'tis not a kinsman's hand
Can give my heart relief!

The Book of Humorous Verse, ed. Carolyn Wells (Public Domain)

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