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Blackberries
by William Allingham
Allingham, William (1824-1889)
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[Where is the wise and just man? where]
[Fair houses in my walks I see]
[They are my friends]
[We only touch by surfaces]
[One with one, not overheard]
Fidelity.
[I am not shock'd by failings in my friend]
[For thinking, one; for converse, two, no more]
[It is not you, my Foe, I fear]
[From the little that's shown]
[In argument it oft betides]
[Is it true]
[Solitude is very sad]
[Little care I for the faults of the small]
[Limited each is: but—O dear!]
[O great one! O mighty one!—]
[Unless you are growing wise and good]
[His way of life was zig-zag still]
[Well for the man whom sickness makes more tender]
[The spiteful dart]
[The weak have no opinions; and the strong]
[By making our trials and sorrows known]
[Some win our gratitude merely by living]
[A hope that we are taught to prize]
[“Old Friend?”—For many years, I wis]
[While friends we were, the hot debates]
[If he draw you aside from your proper end]
[Dear Friend, so much admired, so oft desired]
[I'll make it part of my life's plan]
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Blackberries
[Do what wilt with me]
Do
what wilt with me,
Destiny!
If
no
,—so! if
yes
,—bless!
In any case whatever
I am the bubble, not the river,
Much less the source:
Slight my knowledge, small my force.
And howsoever things may be,
The self-same World holds me and thee,
Destiny!
Blackberries