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A Mole.

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SEE, chil-dren, the mis-guid-ed Mole.     He lives down in a deep, dark hole;     Sweet-ness, and Light, and good Fresh Air     Are things for which he does not care.     He has not e-ven that make-shift     Of fee-ble minds - the so-cial gift.     But say not that he has no soul,     Lest hap-ly we misjudge the Mole;     Nay, if we mea-sure him by Men,     No doubt he sits in his dark den     In-struct-ing oth-ers blind as he     Ex-act-ly how the world should be.

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"SEE, chil-dren, the mis-guid-ed Mole...."

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