OR, INDOLENT WEALTH AND HONEST LABOR.

COMPOSED FOR THE FRANKLIN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

To find employment for my pen,

To find employment for my pen,

 

I wandered from the haunts of men,

I wandered from the haunts of men,

 

And sought a little rising ground,

And sought a little rising ground,

 

With lofty oaks and elm trees crowned,

With lofty oaks and elm trees crowned,

 

Where I might court the friendly muse,

Where I might court the friendly muse,

 

Who ever thinks herself abused

Who ever thinks herself abused

 

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