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Blackberries

by William Allingham

Allingham, William (1824-1889)

[epigraph]

[dedication]

[section]

[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]

[section]

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[Give us all under, and above, the Moon]

Give us all under, and above, the Moon;
And we should tire of all so plaguy soon!
What do we ask then? Just a thought, no more:
A skiff to waft us from this mortal shore.