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THE LAUGHING SOLITAIRE.

FABLE XV.
THE LAUGHING SOLITAIRE.

Throughout all Greece ’twas known        That Mysone lived alone— That he lov’d wisdom for herself; Was free from trouble as from pelf; Content and easy, without strife, Reflecting on the things of life.