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Act. x. 39.

Quis malus appendit de mortis stipite vitam?

O malus agricola, hoc inseruisse fuit?

Immo, quis appendit vitae hac ex arbore mortem?

O bonus Agricola, hoc inseruisse fuit.

What wicked one affix'd Life to Death's tree?

O wretched gard'ner, call'st thou this engrafting?

Nay, tell me who affix'd Death to Life's tree?

O noble Gard'ner, this I call engrafting. G.

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