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Show f a1'' ?- The Silkvoitmyind lh's Critic. ""' i'''" ' ' ;v . y . AN AFOLOGUFrUQMyTHE FREKClf;, A ' ( JAn idle worm vhpse home is found , ' . M " '('And hcncc:his narn) Within the. grouHd, t Whore, hidden from the cheerful day, ffl t ,n lie feats upd sleeps his life away, j J ...One summer eve came crawling; out, - And, gazing lazily abpu,. see What he might-chance to set; ? 1 He'spied upon a mulberry tree J y j H A silkworm, who withpati'enkskiil spinning, spinning:, spinning still 1Q The -tiny thread from which is made . Jfhe finest satin and brocade Hi 1 1 i n ' And many a charming web beside. ; "f1rti 'rool thrtt yon at c !n the. eath-wokm cried ; f f t'l rYith never-ending toil to spin ' " t.M , Your life, away, and. all to win, ;'' .iPy working- like a galley-slave, , ,,).. A weary life an early grave; . Pray what but censure do you gain ' ' 11 '' ' For making silly women vain 1" ' ' Cease, cease your toil, unhappy, worm ! Nor "squander thus life's fleeting'tcrrri; ; jjj ,,1-earn the high art yourself to please t livclike me in. perfect cascH, . To him the St i.k-wo,rm thus replies. . ,. ' UI do not deem your counsel wise; t 'J Come when it may; my death ensures .' a ', hM$ More honor than a like yours ; ; tij...- ) ..ffc;; Consumed in, luxury nnd sloth;-' ' ' i htif tA'nd death is common" to us both) i (ftt1 Kor while I -labor to prepare "7 . . . The threads designed to please the fair, -Methinks I listeirto the prnisfi e ) Of happy maids on bridal-da3s; .f,IT -!tT 'j'hVrustle of each silken dress , , i IJiiiru Comes like a voice the name to bless " . , ' Of one who wisely understood' ' The luxury of doing- good': ) ":t V A.Kpd"Hke pleasure .never known, ,;. i ." To lim vho serves himself alone !" , , '' ' ' John G. Saxe. I M1 iii' i l3 1 "tWr " -- |