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LOVE AND MONEY by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

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First Line: I COUNT MY POUNDS AS THREE TIMES TWO
Last Line: SHALL FLY TO SAFER COVER!
Subject(s): LOVE - MATERIALISM;
I count my pounds as three times two,
And five times one, my shillings;
Six pounds, five shillings for my Love,
To buy a coat with frillings.

But as she takes the light and air,
So will she take my money;
And all the thanks I'll get will be
A quiet — 'Kiss me, Honey'.

And so I will, at such a rate
That, long before it's over —
A deer pursued by fire and wind
Shall fly to safer cover!



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