Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.
Fortunes WheelLord de Tabley (John Byrne Leicester Warren) (18351895)
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And a friend both leal and tried.
I had a cask of good old beer,
And a gallant horse to ride.
On him and her and me.
We sang along the road of life
Like birds upon a tree.
And with her took my friend.
My cask ran sour, my horse went lame,—
So alone in the cold I end.