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"EARLY MORNING."

PARAPHRASED FROM SENECA'S "HERCULES FURENS," LINES 125-162.

Their homes, though mean, are all their own,

Nor strife nor turmoil brings alarm.

Yes, here is Peace! Let him who longs

For space to shun the world's vain cares,

Come seek it here, and leave behind

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Life's weary toils, and griefs, and snares.

J. B. D.

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