BERRYING
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May be true what I had heard,--Earth's a howling wilderness,Truculent with fraud and force,'Said I, strolling through the pastures,And along the river-side.Caught among the blackberry vines,Feeding on the Ethiops sweet,Pleasant fancies overtook me.I said, 'What influence me preferred,Elect, to dreams thus beautiful?'The vines replied, 'And didst thou deemNo wisdom from our berries went?'
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