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Around the Corner by Charles Hanson Towne

Around the Corner by Charles Hanson Towne

Around the corner I have a friend, In this great city that has no end; Yet days go by, and weeks rush on, And before I know it, a year is gone, And I never see my old friend’s face, For Life is a swift and terrible race. He knows I like him just as well as in the days when I rang his bell And he rang mine. We were younger then, And now we are busy, tired men:…

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Wisdom Expressed in Poetry

Wisdom Expressed in Poetry

An unknown poet has written these words of wisdom: "You’ve got to have the goods, my boy, if you would finish strong; A bluff may work a little while, but not for very long. A line of talk, all by itself, will seldom see you thru; You’ve got to have the goods, my boy, and nothing else will do. The fight is pretty stiff, my boy, I’d call it rather tough. And all along the routes are wrecks of those…

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