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TO THE GRASSHOPPER.
“Grasshopper, that springest
On the high tree-tops,
Like a king thou singest,
Drinking dewy drops.
On the high tree-tops,
Like a king thou singest,
Drinking dewy drops.
“Hail to thee, blithe being,
Thine are all the fields,
All thou thence art seeing,
All the woodland yields.
Thine are all the fields,
All thou thence art seeing,
All the woodland yields.
“Thou the ploughman cheerest
Harmless round his feet;
Welcome guest appearest,
Summer's prophet sweet.
Harmless round his feet;
Welcome guest appearest,
Summer's prophet sweet.
“Loved of all the Muses,
And Apollo's choice,
Who in thee infuses
A melodious voice.
And Apollo's choice,
Who in thee infuses
A melodious voice.
“Free from age and sorrow,
Full of song and mirth,
Careless of the morrow,
Like the Gods on earth.”
Full of song and mirth,
Careless of the morrow,
Like the Gods on earth.”
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