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DOUBTFUL POEMS.

BORROWING.

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The attribution of this poem is questionable.

One calls me friend, yet urges me to pay
A debt I borrow'd, not upon a day,
But upon terms of love; am I his friend?
I may then owe as freely as he lend.

SUPPING HOURS.

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The attribution of this poem is questionable.

Thou in the field walk'st out thy supping hours,
And yet thou say'st thou hast supp'd like a king;
Like Nebuchadnezzar perchance, with grass and flowers,
A salad worse than Spanish dieting.

THE SMITH.

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The attribution of this poem is questionable.

Smug the smith for ale and spice
Sold all his tools, but kept his vice.