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Rh ‘I’ll strive no more against my fate,’ I said, ‘I will give up, go down—’ But friendship caught my idle hands And would not let me drown.

For friendship’s sake I tried once more, Till love stole friendship from my side; I cursed the friend that gained the boon That was to me denied.

The hound that followed at my heel Looked up with eyes so full of love kissed the curly brows between And blessed the God above.