TEMPTATION. 238 



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



Beware the tempter's theme 

 Thus fell the flower of Eden, Eve, 

 Deluded by a dream, 



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 Yon sun-bom 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. 



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We, happier far, their pleasure share, 



Happier in death, our doom, 

 Fade in the garlands of the fair, 

 Or strew the hero's tomb. 



'< Th'en, 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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