Rich Man And Lazarus

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All my wealth I would give,
I would give all my fame,
For a woman who would kiss me
And call me by my name.

But I, with my fame in the world,
In the world am all alone;
And I, who have wealth, have nothing
That I can call my own.

And, as I drive along,
Seated triumphantly,
God knows how often I envy
The beggar who envies me.

For, in the mud of the Street,
That my wheels cast up as I go,
He laughs to his wife in the gutter,
And she laughs to him even so.

All my wealth I would give,
I would give all my fame,
If there were one woman to kiss me
And call me by my name.

© Arthur Symons