XIII.

Few blows I get, some hay, and of water many a draught:

I tell you he's no coster that sits upon my shaft!

And for the knacker's yard--that's not my destined bed:

No donkey ever yet saw himself there lying dead.

_ROOM TO ROAM_.

Strait is the path? He means we must not roam?

Yes; but the strait path leads into a boundless home.

_COTTAGE SONGS_.

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