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Poems (Dudley)/Choose

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4657478Poems — ChooseMarion Vienna Churchill Dudley


CHOOSE.
A MEAN man there lived—so totally meanThat he never drew generous breathHis vileness he knew, and remorse was so keenThat he hated himself unto death.
A good man there was; so perfectly goodThat he couldn't do ill if he tried;He talked of his good, so complacent his mood,Till the neighborhood faded and died.