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John Clare - The AntsJohn Clare - The Ants
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What wonder strikes the curious, while he views   The black ant`s city, by a rotten tree, Or woodland bank! In ignorance we muse:   Pausing, annoyed,--we know not what we see,   Such government and thought there seem to be; Some looking on, and urging some to toil,   Dragging their loads of bent-stalks slavishly: And what`s more wonderful, when big loads foil   One ant or two to carry, quickly then A swarm flock round to help their fellow-men.   Surely they speak a language whisperingly, Too fine for us to hear; and sure their ways   Prove they have kings and laws, and that they be Deformed remnants of the Fairy-days.
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