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WILL IT RAIN? by EBENEZER ELLIOTT

First Line: BREAD!' THE STARVER FAINTLY SIGHETH
Last Line: THEN, THE THOUGHTFUL LOOK FOR THUNDER!
Subject(s): POVERTY;
'Bread!' the starver faintly sigheth;
'I have none!' the robb'd replieth;
Doall loseth, Starveall winneth;
Cheatall laugheth, while he sinneth;
Work grim-gaspeth o'er spare diet;
And the Million-Tongued is quiet.
When the forest breatheth deeply,
Darked sun down shining steeply;
When the noon-night scarcely shifteth;
And the windy cloud uplifteth
Not a leaf the mute heav'ns under;
Then, the thoughtful look for thunder!



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