<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=508257" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Class-Mates</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Bob Briggs went in for Government,<br> And helps to run the State;<br>Some day they say he'll represent<br> His party in debate:<br>But with punk politics his job,<br> I do not envy Bob.<br> <br>Jim Jones went in for writing books,<br> Best sellers were his aim;<br>He's ten years younger than he looks,<br> And licks the heels of Fame:<br>Though shop-girls make a fuss of him<br> I do not envy Jim.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Joe Giles went in for grabbing gold,<br> And grovelled in the dirt;<br>He, too, looks prematurely old,<br> His gastric ulcers hurt:<br>Although he has a heap of dough.<br> I do not envy Joe.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I've neither fame nor power nor wealth,<br> I fish and hunt for food;<br>But I have heaps of rugged health,<br> And life seems mighty good.<br>So when my class-mates come to spend<br> A week-end in my shack,<br>With lake and wood at journey's end<br> --They envy Jack.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Robert+William+Service">Robert William Service</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=508257" data-title="Class-Mates de Robert William Service" data-description="Bob Briggs went in for Government, And helps to run the State; Some day they say he'll represent His party in debate: But with punk politics his job, I do not envy Bob. Jim Jones went in for writing books, Best sellers were his aim; He's ten..."></div> </div> </div>

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