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Little Brothers of the Ground

Little ants in leafy wood,

Bound by gentle Brotherhood,

While ye gaily gather spoil,

Men are ground by the wheel of toil;

While ye follow Blessed Fates,

Men are shriveled up with hates;

Or they lie with sheeted Lust,

And they eat the bitter dust.

Ye are fraters in your hall,

Gay and chainless, great and small;

All are toilers in the field, 8