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Remote from cities liv'd a swain	A
Unvex'd with all the cares of gain	A
His head was silver'd o'er with age	B
And long experience made him sage	B
In summer's heat and winter's cold	C
He led his flock and penn'd the fold	C
His hours in cheerful labour flew	D
Nor envy nor ambition knew	D
His wisdom and his honest fame	E
Through all the country rais'd his name	E
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A deep philosopher whose rules	F
Of moral life were drawn from schools	F
The shepherd's homely cottage sought	G
And thus explor'd his reach of thought	G
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'Whence is thy learning Hath thy toil	H
O'er books consum'd the midnight oil	H
Hast thou old Greece and Rome survey'd	I
And the vast sense of Plato weigh'd	I
Hath Socrates thy soul refin'd	J
And hast thou fathom'd Tully's mind	J
Or like the wise Ulysses thrown	K
By various fates on realms unknown	K
Hast thou through many cities stray'd	I
Their customs laws and manners weigh'd '	-
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The shepherd modestly replied	L
'I ne'er the paths of learning tried	L
Nor have I roam'd in foreign parts	M
To read mankind their laws and arts	M
For man is practis'd in disguise	N
HE cheats the most discerning eyes	N
Who by that search shall wiser grow	O
By that ourselves we never know	O
The little knowledge I have gain'd	P
Was all from simple nature drain'd	P
Hence my life's maxims took their rise	N
Hence grew my settled hate to vice	Q
The daily labours of the bee	R
Awake my soul to industry	R
Who can observe the careful ant	S
And not provide for future want	T
My dog the trustiest of his kind	J
With gratitude inflames my mind	J
I mark his true his faithful way	U
And in my service copy Tray	U
In constancy and nuptial love	V
I learn my duty from the dove	V
The hen who from the chilly air	W
With pious wing protects her care	W
And ev'ry fowl that flies at large	X
Instructs me in a parent's charge '	-
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'From nature too I take my rule	Y
To shun contempt and ridicule	Y
I never with important air	W
In conversation overbear	W
Can grave and formal pass for wise	N
When men the solemn owl despise	N
My tongue within my lips I rein	A
For who talks much must talk in vain	A
We from the wordy torrent fly	Z
Who listens to the chatt'ring pye	Z
Nor would I with felonious flight	A2
By stealth invade my neighbour's right	A2
Rapacious animals we hate	B2
Kites hawks and wolves deserve their fate	B2
Do not we just abhorrence find	J
Against the toad and serpent kind	J
But envy calumny and spite	A2
Bear stronger venom in their bite	A2
Thus ev'ry object of creation	C2
Can furnish hints to contemplation	C2
And from the most minute and mean	D2
A virtuous mind can morals glean '	-
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'Thy fame is just ' the sage replies	N
'Thy virtue proves thee truly wise	N
Pride often guides the author's pen	E2
Books as affected are as men	E2
But he who studies nature's laws	F2
From certain truth his maxims draws	F2
And those without our schools suffice	Q
To make men moral good and wise '	-

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