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THE LARK'S NEST.
"Nor uncle Betts, nor even my brother Delves,
"Will lend an hand, to help us get the corn in?
"Well then, let you and me, to-morrow morning,
"E'en try what we can do with it ourselves."
"Nay," quoth the Lark, "'tis time then to be gone:
"What a man undertakes himself is done."
Certes, she was a bird of observation;
For very true it is, that none,
Whatever be his station,
Lord of a province, tenant of a mead,
Whether he fill a cottage, or a throne,
Or guard a flock, or guide a nation,
Is very likely to succeed,
Who manages affairs by deputation.
