Nature
No whimsey of the purse is here
From Poetical Works, ed. Knight (1896), vol. VIII
Nature
No whimsey of the purse is here,
No pleasure-house forlorn;
Use, comfort, do this roof endear;
A tributary shed to cheer
The little cottage that is near,
To help it and adorn.
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