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THE TANAGER'S SONG. 



Tanagra Mexicana,—(LiHN.) 



1 envy not, I ask not, 



A gay or gaudy life; 

 I wish not, I seek not, 



The haunts of noisy strife. 



T love not, I hope not. 

 To dwell amid the crowd. 



Where think not, where care not, 

 The haughty and the proud. 



I should not, I could not. 

 Behold without much pain 



The reckless, the heedless 

 O'erbearings of the vain. 



I should not, I could not, 

 Behold the poor oppress'd, 



Without some poignant anguish 

 Arising in my breast. 



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