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The early worm of unhappy memory . The warbler spiedThe all too giddy mite;And while he loved to trill right wellA worm was his delight. i ) He dropped his song -the better onHis helpless prey to drop;. Then, though his victim strove to fly,He poppedu him in his crop. 10. Thus it befel; that early wormSo good, so prompt at morn. Was by his very virtues thusFrom. Ufe and pleasure torn. 11 Yet but himself to blar/te, for ifHe had but kept his bed. To rise betimes, some other wormWould have been swallow-ed / M. I . APR-9IG 5 I I
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