by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Language: English 
As I walked by myself,
And talked to myself,
  Myself said unto me:
"Look to thyself,
Take care of thyself, 
  For nobody cares for thee."

I answered myself, 
And said to myself
  In the selfsame repartee:
"Look to thyself,
Or not to thyself, 
  The selfsame thing will be."

Note: see also A Colloquy with Myself, a later poem by Bernard Barton that uses some of the same phrases in its first and last stanzas.

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  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, no title

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This text was added to the website: 2016-07-10
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