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86. On the Kite.
Mark but the soaring Kite; and she will readBrave rules for Diet; teach thee how to feed;
She flyes aloft; She spreads her ayrie plumes
Above the reach, above the nautious fumes
Of dang'rous earth; She makes her selfe a stranger
T'inferiour things, and checks at ev'ry danger;
At length, she stoopes; and, with a brave disdaine,
She strikes her prey, and mounts her up againe;
By her example, learne to use the earth,
And thou shalt find lesse mischiefe, and more mirth.
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