TEMPTATION. 233 



" Oh, shame !" said Lupin, " shame to grieve, 



Beware the tempter's theme 

 Thus fell the flower of Eden, Eve, 

 Deluded by a dream. 



(( Yon sun-born tribes, like man, may range. 



With stronger wills impressed, 

 But shall the wild desire of change, 

 Infect thy gentler breast ? 



" They who o'er hill, and dale and flood, 



A thousand perils brave, 

 Oft welter in the field of blood, 

 Or perish in the wave. 



We, happier far, their pleasure share, 



Happier in death, our doom, 

 Fade in the garlands of the fair, 

 Or strew the hero's tomb. 



f Then, oh '. beware the flatterer's speech, 



Thy favored station keep" 



But long ere Lupin ceased to preach, 

 The Flowret fell asleep. 

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