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When rose her grass in richer vales below;

When pleased she look'd on all the smiling land,

And view'd the hinds who wrought at her command;

(Poultry in groups still follow'd where she went;)

Then dread o'ercame her—that her days were spent.

"Bless me! I die, and not a warning giv'n,—

With much to do on Earth, and ALL for Heav'n!—

No reparation for my soul's affairs,

No leave petition'd for the barn's repairs;