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RICH AND POOR by AL-HAITHAM

First Line: THE POOR ARE TREATED SCURVILY
Last Line: OF SHINING GUINEAS GLEAM.
The poor are treated scurvily,
And men with unanimity
Throng the rich man's gate:
'Tis the decree of Fate.

Mankind, indeed, are likest to
Mad moths, and flutter, so they do,
Where they see the beam
Of shining guineas gleam.



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