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A Thrush, with years grown gray, / And wise as well as old, / His grandson asked one day, -- / An unpractised youth and bold, -- / With him to go straightway, / Their morning flight to hold, / Where a well-stocked vineyard lay -- / On its luscious fruit to prey.
"Where may this vineyard be? " -- / The youngling answered coy, -- / "And what fruit is there? " -- "We'll see.