The Rich Man

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The rich man has his motor-car,
  His country and his town estate.
He smokes a fifty-cent cigar
  And jeers at Fate.

He frivols through the livelong day,
  He knows not Poverty her pinch.
His lot seems light, his heart seems gay,
  He has a cinch.

Yet though my lamp burns low and dim,
  Though I must slave for livelihood--
Think you that I would change with him?
  You bet I would!

© Franklin Pierce Adams