Samuel Alfred Beadle Biography

I know a sweet suburban girl,
She's witty, bright and brief;
With dimples in her cheeks; and pearl
In rubies set, for teeth.
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Had I a million dollars, friend, I don't know what I'd do,
But now and then I think I'd roam and simply spend a few;
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Many aud many a year has gone
Since I was cleared by Joe,
Who plowed me up and planted corn,
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Life is a mysterious thing.
It comes we know not whence,
And leaves us on a rapid wing
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The things I love I may not touch,
But kiss the hand that shackles bring;
The thraldom of my soul is such
I can but nurse my thongs and sing,
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