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1866–1918

A FRIEND IN NEED

Dora Sigerson Shorter

Who has room for a friend Who has money to spend, And a goblet of gold For your fingers to hold,

At the wave of whose hand Leap the salmon to land, Drop the birds of the air, Fall the stag and the hare.

Who has room for a friend Who has money to lend? We have room for a friend! Who has room for a friend

Who has nothing to lend, When the goblet of gold Is as far from his hold As the fleet-footed hare,

Or the birds of the air. Who has room for a friend Who has nothing to spend? We know not such a friend.

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