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Love is only chatter,
Friends are all that matter.

— Gelett Burgess A Gage of Youth: Lyrics from The Lark and Other Poems (1901)

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Source: A Gage of Youth: Lyrics from The Lark and Other Poems (1901), "Willy and the Lady", p. 46.
Work: A Gage of Youth: Lyrics from The Lark and Other Poems, 1901
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