To His Slave

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Title:     To His Slave
Author: Charles Stuart Calverley [More Titles by Calverley]

OD. i. 38.

Persian grandeur I abhor;
Linden-wreathed crowns, avaunt:
Boy, I bid thee not explore
Woods which latest roses haunt:

Try on nought thy busy craft
Save plain myrtle; so arrayed
Thou shalt fetch, I drain, the draught
Fitliest 'neath the scant vine-shade.

[The end]
Charles Stuart Calverley's poem: To His Slave

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