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POEMS. 5 3

��XXXVIII.

T WORKED for chaff, and earning wheat

  • Was haughty and betrayed.

What right had fields to arbitrate In matters ratified ?

I tasted wheat, and hated chaff, And thanked the ample friend ;

Wisdom is more becoming viewed At distance than at hand.

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