Relationships
On a Portrait Presented to J. Y. Simpson, M.D.
From The Poetical Works, ed. John Nichol (1875), vol. 2
Relationships
Unto myself my better self you gave.
I give yourself yourself: but ah, my friend,
In how inverse a ratio! To amend
The unjust return these thanks are all I have,
Except a sigh, when that poor ' all ' is o'er,
To feel, alas, no less your debtor than before.
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Dobell, Sydney. “On a Portrait Presented to J. Y. Simpson, M.D.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dobell/76/.
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Dobell, Sydney. “On a Portrait Presented to J. Y. Simpson, M.D.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dobell/76/.
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