And mars the outline of our orchard trees,

An emblem of the gross ignoble ease

Lifting no thought to heaven, with sordid care

Of aspirations craving purer air.

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THE CARELESS SHEPHERD.

THE CARELESS SHEPHERD.

How

On which fantastic shadows play;

And sheep like sinners go astray.

Wake, slumberer! lest thy Lord complain

And thou shalt seek His lambs in vain.

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CHILD AND SNAKES.

CHILD AND SNAKES.

Haste

Which, lured by glistening strakes,

That knot of tangled snakes.

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