rulers—and
alas! if
the first
lord be
only the
first
servant!
Ah, even
upon their
hypocrisy
did mine
eyes’
curiosity
alight;
and well
did I
divine all
their
fly-happiness,
and their
buzzing
around
sunny
window-panes.
So much
kindness,
so much
weakness
do I see.
So much
justice
and pity,
so much
weakness.
Round,
fair, and
considerate
are they
to one
another,
as grains
of sand
are round,
fair, and
considerate
to grains
of sand.
Modestly
to embrace
a small
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