Lines in Pleasant Places Rhythmics of many moods and quantities. Wise and otherwise |
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[Suppose the spear of grass should say] |
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[Suppose the spear of grass should say]
Suppose the spear of grass should say,“What's the use of my growing, hey?
I'm of no account, any way;
I shall not add to the world's heyday;
So what's the use of my being, say?”
O, what a green, inconsiderate ass
We'd count this doubting spear of grass!
For the many like it make up the mass,
300
Now we can plainly the moral see
Apply to the human family:
The least, however small he may be,
To form the whole is necessaree.
This moral, we know, is very old,
But then it was never better told.
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