Four be the things I am wiser to know:
Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.
Four be the things I'd been better without:
Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.
Three be the things I shall never attain:
Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
Three be the things I shall have till I die:
Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye.
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Poem topics: friend, hope, laughter, never, sorrow, curiosity, doubt, love, I love you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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Rita Annandale: Heard it for the first time tonight used in the TV show ‘The Stranger’.
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