<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=357807" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Battler</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Could you give me a bite to eat?' said he,<br> As he tarried by my back door.<br>And I thought of the dull, lean days that be<br> As I glanced at the clothes he wore:<br>Patched in places, and worn and old,<br>Yet cosy enough to fend the cold.<br>And I caught the glint of his gay blue eye,<br>Sure sign of his slogan: 'Never say die'.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Could you spare me a trifle to eat?' said he;<br>'For it's tough on a man these days.'<br>Then, somehow or other it seemed to me,<br>Some trick of his voice, or ways,<br>Stirred half lost thought. But I let it go,<br>As he said that his tea was 'pretty low':<br>And his sugar-bag, too, was 'well-nigh out'.<br>'Tho' I'd hate', he added, 'to put you about.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Could you do with a couple of chops?' said I.<br>'Some eggs and a ration of bread?'<br>'Why, mister, that would be comin' it high!<br>It's a feed for a king!' he said.<br>So with this, and a trifle of sugar and tea,<br>Tucked under his arm: 'Thanks, boss', said he.<br>'It's hard on the roads when yer out of a job . . . <br>D'yeh think yeh'd be missin' a couple o' bob?'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'One minute!' I bade him, as memory stirred.<br>'Have I ever seen you before?'<br>'Seen me?' said he. 'Why, upon my word!<br>For the half o' my life or more,<br>I been comin' round nigh every year.<br>An' I never yet drawed a blank - not 'ere.<br>An' I'll say this for yeh: you ain't too bad<br>As a regular customer - best I've 'ad.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Clarence+Michael+James+Stanislaus+Dennis">Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=357807" data-title="The Battler de Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis" data-description="'Could you give me a bite to eat?' said he, As he tarried by my back door. And I thought of the dull, lean days that be As I glanced at the clothes he wore: Patched in places, and worn and old, Yet cosy enough to fend the cold. And I caught the ..."></div> </div> </div>

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