Puslapio vaizdai
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MONTGOMERY.

N the walls that guard my prison,
Swelling with fantastic pride,
Brisk and merry as the season,
I a feather'd coxcomb spied:

When the little hopping elf

Gaily thus amused himself.

"Hear your sovereign's proclamation,

All good subjects, young and old : I'm the Lord of the Creation;

I-a Water-Wagtail bold!

All around, and all you see,
All the world, was made for ME!

"Yonder sun, so proudly shining,

Rises when I leave my nest;
And, behind the hills declining,
Sets-when I retire to rest :
Morn and evening, thus you see,
Day and night, were made for ME!

"Vernal gales to love invite me;

Summer sheds for me her beams; Autumn's jovial scenes delight me;

Winter paves with ice my streams : All the year is mine, you see; Seasons change, like moons, for ME!

"On the heads of giant mountains,
Or beneath the shady trees,
By the banks of warbling fountains,
I enjoy myself at ease:
Hills and valleys, thus you see,

Groves and rivers, made for ME!

"Boundless are my vast dominions;
I can hop, or swim, or fly;
When I please, my towering pinions
Trace my empire through the sky :
Air and elements, you see,

Heaven and earth, were made for ME!

"Birds and insects, beasts and fishes, All their humble distance keep; Man, subservient to my wishes,

Sows the harvest which I reap: Mighty man himself, you see, All that breathe, were made for ME!

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