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What shall I do
when the Summer
troubles -
What, when the Rose
is ripe -
What when the Eggs
fly off in Music
From the Maple Keep?
What shall I do
when the Skies a'chirrup
Drop a Tune on Me -
When the Bee hangs
all Noon in the Buttercup
What will become of
Me?
Oh, when the Squirrel
fills His Pockets
And the Berries stare
How can I bear their
jocund Faces
Thou from Here, so far?
'Twould'nt afflict a Robin -
All His Goods have Wings -
I - do not fly, so Wherefore
My Perennial Things?
Drab Habitation of Whom?
Tabernacle or Tomb -
Or Dome of Worm -
Or Porch of Gnome -
Or some Elf's Catacomb?
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