Ah, take the Cash, and let the Credit go, Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum.
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The King in a carriage may ride, And the beggar may crawl at his side But in the general race, They are traveling all the same pace.Edward Fitzgerald
Ah, take the Cash in hand and waive the Rest.
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A moment's halt a momentary taste Of being from the well amid the waste And lo the phantom caravan has reached The nothing it set out from - oh, make haste.
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A book of verses underneath the bough, A jug of wine, a loaf of bread-and thou.
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And much as Wine has played the Infidel, And robbed me of my Robe of Honor Well, I often wonder what the Vintners buy One half so precious as the stuff they sell.
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Said one Folks of a surly Tapster tell, And daub his Visage with the Smoke of Hell They talk of some strict Testing of us - Pish He's a Good Fellow, and 'twill all be well.'
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