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The Grass so little has to do,
A Sphere of simple Green -
With only Butterflies, to brood,
And Bees, to entertain -
And stir all day to pretty
tunes
The Breezes fetch along,
And hold the Sunshine, in it's
lap
And bow to everything,
And thread the Dews, all
night, like Pearl,
And make itself so fine
A Duchess, were too common
For such a noticing,
And even when it die, to pass
In odors so divine -
As lowly spices, laid asleep • [laid
gone to sleep -
Or Spikenards perishing.
Amulets of Pine -
And then to dwell in
Sovreign Barns,
And dream the Days away,
The Grass so little has to
do,
I wish I were a Hay -
All the letters I can write
Are not fair as this -
Syllables of Velvet -
Sentences of Plush,
Depths of Ruby, undrained,
Hid, Lip, for Thee -
Play it were a Humming Bird -
And just sipped - me -
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