Hilaire Belloc: For no one, in our long decline, So dusty, spiteful and divided, Had quite such pleasant friends as mine, Or loved them

For no one, in our long decline, So dusty, spiteful and divided, Had quite such pleasant friends as mine, Or loved them half as much as I did.

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