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!
Written by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)
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