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INSCRIPTION by HERMAN MELVILLE

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First Line: A WEED GREW HERE. - EXEMPT FROM USE
Last Line: AND IDLE IT IN THE SUN.

For a Boulder near the spot where the last Hardhack was laid low By the new
proprietor of the Hill of Arrow-head.
A weed grew here. -- Exempt from use,
Weeds turn no wheel, nor run;
Radiance pure or redolence
Some have, but this had none.
And yet heaven gave it leave to live
And idle it in the sun.



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