. The lays of a lawyer . ON A BUTTERFLY FLUTTERINGOVER THE CHANCEL SEPTEMBER 24, 1893 ISYCHE with enameled wings,Fluttering oer the altar fair,Tell me what good spiritbringsYou in the house of prayer. Emblem of the soul, you preachBetter sermon than the priest. See how high your pinions reach!Higher may attain the least. Grovelling worm, than all more vileFrom the chrysalis of death. You have sought the sacred by your Makers breath. There with your prismatic wing. While the priest doth prose and plod. Showing us how fair a thingIs the soul that worships God. 32 TO MY GODSON WITH A

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. The lays of a lawyer . ON A BUTTERFLY FLUTTERINGOVER THE CHANCEL SEPTEMBER 24, 1893 ISYCHE with enameled wings,Fluttering oer the altar fair,Tell me what good spiritbringsYou in the house of prayer. Emblem of the soul, you preachBetter sermon than the priest. See how high your pinions reach!Higher may attain the least. Grovelling worm, than all more vileFrom the chrysalis of death. You have sought the sacred by your Makers breath. There with your prismatic wing. While the priest doth prose and plod. Showing us how fair a thingIs the soul that worships God. 32 TO MY GODSON WITH A PAIR OF SILVER SPURS OR churls the lash, thespurs for him,Who, fearless, sets hislance in restAgainst all baseness, scorns to stands for nothing but the 33 TO MISS PUMPERNICKEL F your name you regret,It is easy to change it:Tis futile to fret;If your name you regret,Im single as yet, Why cant we arrange it ?If your name you regret. Pray why dont you change it ?

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