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The serene savage sitting in his tree / Saw empires rise and fall, / And moralized on their uncertainty. / (He never rose at all! )
He was full fat from god-sent droves of prey; / He was full calm from satisfied desire; / He was full wise in that he chose to stay / Free from ambition's fire.