Wattled, blink-eyed,
Rested ‘pon a lily-pad of ease;
Sunnin’ neath a golden sun,
Baskin’ neath a frost-white moon;
Lollin’, easeful, gazin’ at the stars,
He sits, hungered.
An instant’s whirr;
A dartling fly —seeketh and is gone.
How like to Wisdom!
(Patience Worth)
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