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Ne'Er Praise the Plague of Plenty, Green Or Brown

Ne'er praise the plague of plenty, green or brown Nor drink her wine, nor lust her harvest-tide The greatest fist of luck in loss would drown If lent to test the strength upon her pride. The blessed straws of little shall suffice To bind this plague to dust and yet re-grow As sunshine brings the warmth, and snow, the ice The little lessens less and more, bestow. Ne'er curse the little ones orphan'd of much For wealth abides in hearts embraced by ease Ne'er bless the richest purse, content at touch For sweetness lies beneath a fort of bees. When fullness shall ne'er sprout fom plenty time Why leave the grapes for seas of tasteless wine?

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