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My Lyrical Life

Poems Old and New. By Gerald Massey
Massey, Gerald (1828-1907)

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IX.

You had no power to crown me with the bay:
You could not reach to snatch one leaf away;
But you may rob my little ones of bread,
Helping to damn the Book you have not read.
Be proud! that is no trivial thing to do!
Be safe! there is no law for Thieves like you.
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