Humanity, or the rights of nature, a poem in two books. By the author of sympathy [i.e. S. J. Pratt] |
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The faithful Qua-shi with his master bred
The same their mansion and the same their bed,
Together us'd in infant times to play,
Their friendship strengthen'd in life's riper day;
The slave was trusty and the lord was kind,
To Qua-shi's care the property assign'd,
His labours clos'd, he took the transient rest,
Then chid the Sun yet loit'ring in the East;
Ere peep'd the dawn his daily toils he sought,
And daily wealth to his lov'd lord he brought.
The same their mansion and the same their bed,
Together us'd in infant times to play,
Their friendship strengthen'd in life's riper day;
The slave was trusty and the lord was kind,
To Qua-shi's care the property assign'd,
His labours clos'd, he took the transient rest,
Then chid the Sun yet loit'ring in the East;
Ere peep'd the dawn his daily toils he sought,
And daily wealth to his lov'd lord he brought.
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