Conversations introducing poetry chiefly on subjects of natural history. For the use of children and young persons. By Charlotte Smith |
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THE GRASSHOPPER.
Happy insect, what can beIn happiness compar'd to thee,
Fed with nourishment divine,
The dewy morning's chrystal wine;
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And thy verdant cup doth fill.
All the fields which thou dost see,
All the plants belong to thee;
All that Summer suns produce
Are, blest insect! for thy use:
While thy feast doth not destroy
The verdure thou dost thus enjoy,
But the blythe shepherd haileth thee,
Singing as musical as he;
And peasants love thy voice to hear,
Prophet of the ripening year.
To thee of all things upon earth,
Life is no longer than thy mirth.
Insect truly blest! for thou
Dost neither age nor winter know;
But, when thou hast danc'd and sung
Thy fill, the flowers and leaves among,
Sated with thy Summer feast
Thou retir'st to endless rest.
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