Poetry & Verse
The Lost Leader
By Robert BrowningSource: Robert Browning - PoetryDB (Public Domain)270 words
Just for a handful of silver he left us, Just for a riband to stick in his coat-- Found the one gift of which fortune...
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Just for a handful of silver he left us, Just for a riband to stick in his coat-- Found the one gift of which fortune bereft us, Lost all the others she lets us devote; They, with the gold to give, doled him out silver, So much was theirs who so little allowed; How all our copper had gone for his service!…
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