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EPIGRAM: TO A BORROWING FRIEND, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: You say you're sorry that you cannot pay
Last Line: To think your grief not half so deep as mine!
Alternate Author Name(s): Martial
Subject(s): Borrowers And Lenders


YOU say you're sorry that you cannot pay
"That little loan" you promised me today;
I can't dispute you, since, in very sooth,
What you aver may be the simple truth;
Sorry or not, my friend, I much incline,
To think your grief not half so deep as mine!





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