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Thank God for poverty That makes and keeps us free And lets us go our unobtrusive way, Glad of the sun and rain, Upright, serene, humane, Contented with the fortune of a day.

Bliss Carman

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Bliss Carman
Age: 68 †
Born: 1861
Born: April 15
Died: 1929
Died: June 8
Poet
William Carman
William Bliss Carman
Glad
Unobtrusive
Fortune
Upright
Rain
Contented
Sun
Serene
Poverty
Humane
Free
Lets
Makes
Thank
Way
Keeps

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