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"Partners" from Century Magazine

by Ellis Parker Butler
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    1897

  • Century Magazine (January, 1897)   "Partners"   A poem in 16 verses. Published in the "In Lighter Vein" section. Page 477. Same as Current Literature, February 1897.  [MOA]

from Century Magazine
Partners
by Ellis Parker Butler

Love took chambers on our street
    Opposite to mine;
On his door he tacked a neat,
    Clearly lettered sign.

Straightway grew his custom great,
    For his sign read so:
"Hearts united while you wait.
    Step in. Love and Co."

Much I wondered who was "Co."
    In Love's partnership;
Thought across the street I'd go--
    Learn from Love's own lip.

So I went; and since that day
    Life is hard for me.
I was buncoed! (By the way,
    "Co." is Jealousy.)



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