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[By misdemeanors he essayed to climb]
By misdemeanors he essayed to climbInto the aristocracy of crime.
O, woe was him!—with manner chill and grand
“Captains of industry” refused his hand,
“Kings of finance” denied him recognition
And “railway magnates” jeered his low condition.
He robbed a bank to make himself respected.
They still rebuffed him, for he was detected.
S. V. Hanipur.
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