<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=576066" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Dying Gamblers Story</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">In a little secret Gambling house in a city known for fame <br>There sits a man of tender years his head bowed down in shame <br>That young man told a story as sad as can be <br>And if you will but listen this is what he said to me. <br>A year ago I had a wife but she was called one day <br>And as she lay so near to death she pressed my hand to say <br>I'm giving you my wedding ring to cherish all your life <br>And with these words the reaper called away my loving wife. <br>Soon I started gambling til I never had a thing <br>And on a hand I thought would win I bet my dead wife's ring <br>I drew the card and looked at it, Oh God I cried aloud <br>I've lost my dead wife's wedding ring to this drunken jeering around. <br>When he had finished speaking he bowed his head and sighed <br>And we who heard his story knew that he had died <br>But that dying gamblers story didn't mean a thing <br>Too bad they said, dealt the cards, and bet his dear wife's ring.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Kenneth+T.+Schofield">Kenneth T. Schofield</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=576066" data-title="The Dying Gamblers Story de Kenneth T. Schofield" data-description="In a little secret Gambling house in a city known for fame There sits a man of tender years his head bowed down in shame That young man told a story as sad as can be And if you will but listen this is what he said to me. A year ago I had a wif..."></div> </div> </div>

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