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One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
I always thought I should be treated like a star.
I always thought I should be treated like a star.
Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt:
It's like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt:
It's like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.
We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.
Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its
necessities.
Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its
necessities.
What think you, if he were conveyed to bed,
Wrapped in sweet clothes, rings put upon his fingers,
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What think you, if he were conveyed to bed,
Wrapped in sweet clothes, rings put upon his fingers,
A most delicious banquet by his bed,
And brave attendants near him when he wakes,
Would not the beggar then forget himself?
O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree.
O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree.
Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries.
Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries.
Give us the luxuries of life and we'll dispense with the necessaries.
Give us the luxuries of life and we'll dispense with the necessaries.