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FLORIAN'S FABLES.

FABLE XXV.
THE LINNET AND THE TURTLE DOVE.

A little linnet all day long
Found constant happiness in song,
The while her friend, a turtle dove,
Nor thought nor car'd for aught but love.
"You're very wrong," the turtle said,