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TRUE HAPPINESS.
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FABLE XIII.
TRUE HAPPINESS.

A poor young cricket, small and shy,
Passing retir'd his summer hours,
Beheld one day a butterfly,
       Flitting among the flowers.
Of ev'ry color, ev'ry hue,