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Nature-notes and impressions in prose and verse

Cawein, Madison Julius (1865-1914)

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[The crawfish in his tower of ooze and clay]

The crawfish in his tower of ooze and clay—
What knows he of the day!
Like some crabb'd misanthrope,
Sans joy, sans hope,
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He sits within his pit
Seeing no part of heaven, that azures over it.
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