English poem
Poem 87 (He that hath thee, tho' poor…)
by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907)
He that hath thee, tho' poor in seeming wealth, Is not bereft. He that hath all beside, Lives like a beggar, being poor in pride, And dies by stealth,
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