The Debt8
This is the debt I pay
Just for one riotous day,
Years of regret and grief,
Sorrow without relief.
Pay it I will to the end—
Until the grave, my friend,
Gives me a true release—
Gives me the clasp of peace.
Slight was the thing I bought,
Small was the debt I thought,
Poor was the loan at best—
God! but the interest!
Footnotes
1 Copyright 1896 by Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc.
2 Copyright 1896 by Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc.
3 Copyright 1896 by Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc.
4 Copyright 1896 by Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc.
5 Copyright 1896 by Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc.
6 Copyright 1896 by Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc.
7 Copyright 1896 by Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc.
8 Copyright 1896 by Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc.