The Beggar's Wish

O spare from all thy luxury
A tear for one who may not weep!
Whose heart is like a wintry sea,
So still and cold and deep.

Nor shed that tear till I am laid
Beneath the fresh-dug turf at rest,
And o'er my grave the elm-tree's shade
That hides the robin's nest.
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