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It is a splendid thing when one knows not its ways. It sings through its sides. Its neck is curved. and cunningly wrought. It has two shoulders, which are sharp, on its back. It follows its fate, when it stands by the road, so handsomely there, tall and bright-hued; useful to good men.

This is explained as a Shepherd&rsquo;s Pipe. &ldquo;It&rdquo; (l. 5) is the pipe before it is cut. Mrs. von Erhardt-Siebold (see 50 below) places it with the Loom riddles.