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THE INHUMAN WOLF
AND
THE LAMB SANS GENE
A gaunt and relentless wolf, possessed
Of a quite insatiable thirst,
Once paused at a stream to drink and rest,
And found that, bound on a similar quest,
A lamb had arrived there first.
Of a quite insatiable thirst,
Once paused at a stream to drink and rest,
And found that, bound on a similar quest,
A lamb had arrived there first.
The lamb was a lamb of a garrulous mind
And frivolity most extreme:
In the fashion common to all his kind,
He cantered in front and galloped behind,
And troubled the limpid stream.
And frivolity most extreme:
In the fashion common to all his kind,
He cantered in front and galloped behind,
And troubled the limpid stream.
"My friend,” said the wolf, with a winsome air,
"Your capers I can’t admire.
"Your capers I can’t admire.
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