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William Cowper - On the Grasshopper (From The Greek)William Cowper - On the Grasshopper (From The Greek)
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Happy songster, perch`d above, On the summit of the grove, Whom a dewdrop cheers to sing With the freedom of a king, From thy perch survey the fields Where prolific nature yields Nough that, willingly as she, Man surrenders not to thee. For hostility or hate None thy pleasures can create. Thee it satisfies to sing Sweetly the return of spring, Herald of the genial hours, Harming neither herbs nor flowers. Therefore man thy voice attends Gladly -- thou and he are friends; Nor thy never-ceasing strains, Phoebus or the muse disdains As too simple or too long, For themselves inspire the song. Earth-born, bloodless, undecaying, Ever singing, sporting, playing What has nature else to show Godlike in its kind as thou?
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