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Charles Lamb - Envy
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This rose-tree is not made to bear
The violet blue, nor lily fair,
  Nor the sweet mignonette:
And if this tree were discontent,
Or wished to change its natural bent,
  It all in vain would fret.


And should it fret, you would suppose
It ne`er had seen its own red rose,
  Nor after gentle shower
Had ever smelled its rose`s scent,
Or it could ne`er be discontent
  With its own pretty flower.


Like such a blind and senseless tree
As I`ve imagined this to be,
  All envious persons are:
With care and culture all may find
Some pretty flower in their own mind,
  Some talent that is rare.
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