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...of his own class, the rest of the party joining occasionally in a verse that served for the burden. A spade ! a rake ! a hoe ! A pickaxe, or a bill !...hook to reap, or a scythe to mow, A flail, or what you will — And here's a ready hand To ply the needful tool, And skilled enough by lessons rough In...

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...beginning to relax her persecutions,—and open her doors. THE LAY OF THE LABORER. BY THOMAS HOOD. A spade! a rake! a hoe! A pickaxe, or a bill! A hook to reap, or a scythe to mow, A flail, or what you will— And here's a ready hand To ply the needful tool, And skill enough by lessons rough In labor's...

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