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/ As ADAM lay a-dreaming beneath the Apple Tree, / The Angel of the Earth came down, and offered Earth in fee. / But Adam did not need it, / Nor the plough he would not speed it, / Singing: -- "Earth and Water, Air and Fire, / What more can mortal man desire? " / (The Apple Tree's in bud.)
/ As Adam lay a-dreaming beneath the Apple Tree, / The Angel of the Waters offered all the Seas in fee. / But Adam would not take 'em, / Nor the ships he wouldn't make 'em, / Singing: -- "Water, Earth and Air and Fire, / What more can mortal man desire? " / (The Apple Tree's in leaf.)