Thomas Bailey Aldrich

1836-1907

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Spendthrift

by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

The fault's not mine, you understand:
God shaped my palm so I can hold
But little water in my hand
And not much gold.

Source:

Flower And Thorn: Later Poems
Copyright 1876
James R. Osgood And Company, Boston
 

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