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THE TANAGER'S SONG. 



Tanagra Mexicana. — (Linn.) 



I envy not, I ask not, 



A gay or gaudy life; 

 I wish not, I seek not, 



The haunts of noisy strife* 



I 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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