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Behold the child, by nature's kindly law, pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw; some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, a little louder, but as empty quite; scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage, and beads and prayer-books are the toys of age. pleased with this bauble still, as that before, till tired he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er.

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Behold The Child, By Nature's Kindly Law,

Alexander Pope

Behold the child, by nature's kindly law, pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw; some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, a little louder, but as empty quite; scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage, and beads and prayer-books are the toys of age. pleased with this bauble still, as that before, till tired he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er.

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