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Blackberries
by William Allingham
Allingham, William (1824-1889)
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[A base and selfish discontent]
[Give us all under, and above, the Moon]
[How different is the life within our breast]
[O heroes, ye comfort my brotherly heart!]
[When the vile and the noble he juggles to mix]
[I do not show]
[That base curmudgeon who in Nelson's stead]
[Berries, and also seeds]
[Good Reader, were I but in Greek]
[One or two at a time]
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Blackberries
[How swift the days do pass!]
How
swift the days do pass!
And bring no gift, alas!
That is the bitter thing.
Joys take they, sorrows bring.
—Hush, know you not these joys
In sooth were only toys?
Griefs, too, like shadows fly.
And all of us can die.
Blackberries