Pansies (Lawrence)/A Rise in the World—

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A RISE IN THE WORLD—
I rose up in the world, Ooray!rose very high, for me.An earl once asked me down to stayand a duchess once came to tea.
I didn't stay very long with the earland the duchess has done with me.But still, I rose quite high in the worlddon't you think?—or don't you agree?
But now I am slithering down againdown the trunk of the slippery tree;I find I'd rather get back to earth,where I belong, you see.
Up there I didn't like it,chattering, though not with gleethe whole of the time, and nothingmattering—at least, not to me.
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God, let me get down to earth againaway from the upper tenmillions—for there's millions of 'emup there—but not any men.

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