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* * * * * Accept, O Friend, for praise or blame, The gift of this adventurous song; A record which I dared to frame, 785 Though timid scruples checked me long; They checked me  and I left the theme Untouched;  in spite of many a gleam Of fancy which thereon was shed, Like pleasant sunbeams shifting still 790 Upon the side of a distant hill: But Nature might not be gainsaid; For what I have and what I miss I sing of these;  it makes my bliss! ACCEPT O FRIEND FOR PRAISE OR BLAME THE GIFT OF THIS ADVENTUROUS SONG A RECORD WHICH I DARED TO FRAME THOUGH TIMID SCRUPLES CHECKED ME LONG THEY CHECKED ME AND I LEFT THE THEME UNTOUCHED IN SPITE OF MANY A GLEAM OF FANCY WHICH THEREON WAS SHED LIKE PLEASANT SUNBEAMS SHIFTING STILL UPON THE SIDE OF A DISTANT HILL BUT NATURE MIGHT NOT BE GAINSAID FOR WHAT I HAVE AND WHAT I MISS I SING OF THESE IT MAKES MY BLISS
irds in leafy arbour, 755 Find, within, a blessed harbour! With eager eyes the Master pries; Looks in and out, and through and through; Says nothing--till at last he spies A wound upon the Mastiff's head, 760 A wound, where plainly might be read What feats an Ass's hoof can do! But drop the rest:--this aggravation, This complicated provocation, A hoard of grievances unsealed; 765 All past forgiveness it repealed; And thus, and through distempered blood On both sides, Benjamin the good, The patient, and the tender-hearted, Was from his team and waggon parted; 770 When duty of that day was o'er, Laid down his whip--and served no more.-- Nor could the waggon long survive, Which Benjamin had ceased to drive: It lingered on;--guide after guide 775 Ambitiously the office tried; But each unmanageable hill Called for _his_ patience and _his_ skill;-- And sure it is, that through this night, And what the morning brought to light, 780 Two losses had we to sustain, We lost both WAGGONER and WAIN! TO SPEAK OF BABE AND MOTHER WHO CONTENTED WITH EACH OTHER ARE SNUG AS BIRDS IN LEAFY ARBOUR FIND WITHIN A BLESSED HARBOUR WITH EAGER EYES THE MASTER PRIZE LOOKS IN AND OUT AND THROUGH AND THROUGH SAYS NOTHING TILL AT LAST HE SPIES A WOUND UPON THE MASTIFF'S HEAD A WOUND WHERE PLAINLY MIGHT BE READ WHAT FEATS AN ASS'S HOOF CAN DO BUT DROP THE REST THIS AGGRAVATION THIS COMPLICATED PROVOCATION A HORDE OF GRIEVANCES UNSEALED ALL PAST FORGIVENESS IT REPEALED AND THUS AND THROUGH DISTEMPERED BLOOD ON BOTH SIDES BENJAMIN THE GOOD THE PATIENT AND THE TENDER HEARTED WAS FROM HIS TEAM AND WAGON PARTED WHEN DUTY OF THAT DAY WAS O'ER LAID DOWN HIS WHIP AND SERVED NO MORE NOR COULD THE WAGON LONG SURVIVE WHICH BENJAMIN HAD CEASED TO DRIVE IT LINGERED ON GUIDE AFTER GUIDE AMBITIOUSLY THE OFFICE TRIED BUT EACH UNMANAGEABLE HILL CALLED FOR HIS PATIENCE AND HIS SKILL AND SURE IT IS THAT THROUGH THIS NIGHT AND WHAT THE MORNING BROUGHT TO LIGHT TWO LOSSES HAD WE TO SUSTAIN WE LOST BOTH WAGGONER AND WAIN
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