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Said he: "Whenever a dewdrop clings
To a gossamer thread, and glitters and swings.
Deep in humility bow your head
To a thing for a blundering mortal's dread."

And there came to Sym in his later youth.
With the first clear glance in the face of guile,
Thirst for knowledge and thoughts of truth.
Of gilded baubles, and things worth while.
And he said, "There is much that a Glug should know;
But his mind is clouded, his years are few."
Then Joi, the father, he answered low.
As his thoughts ran back to the youth he knew.

Said he: "Whenever the West wind stirs,
And birds in feathers and beasts in furs
Steal out to dance in the glade, lie still:
Let your heart teach you what it will."
Said he: "Whenever the moonlight creeps
Thro' inlaced boughs, and a shy star peeps
Adown from its crib in the cradling sky.
Know of their folly who fear to die."

New interest came to the mind of Sym,
As 'midst his fellows he lived and toiled.
But the ways of the Glug folk puzzled him;
For some won honour, while some were foiled;