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JASPAR.

Jaspar was poor, and want and vice Had made his heart like stone,And Jaspar look'd with envious eyes On riches not his own.
On plunder bent abroad he went Towards the close of day,And loitered on the lonely road Impatient for his prey.
No traveller came, he loiter'd long And often look'd around,And paus'd and listen'd eagerly To catch some coming sound.
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