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REBUKE by AMBROSE BIERCE

First Line: WHEN ADMONITION'S HAND ESSAYS
Last Line: OUR MISSING PURSE.
Subject(s): GREED; AVARICE; CUPIDITY;

When Admonition's hand essays
Our greed to curse,
Its lifted finger oft displays
Our missing purse.



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