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TO A CHILD SWINGING.
Swing! swing! backward and forward swing!
Motion to life its best sweetness is giving;
Mortal life just begun,
Years shall show as they run,
Action and effort and motion are living.
Swing! swing!
Motion to life its best sweetness is giving;
Mortal life just begun,
Years shall show as they run,
Action and effort and motion are living.
Swing! swing!
Swing! swing! upward from shade to sun,
Downward from sun to shade! so life too ranges,
Mortal life just begun,
Ever from shade to sun,
Ever from sun to shade, on through all changes.
Swing! swing!
Downward from sun to shade! so life too ranges,
Mortal life just begun,
Ever from shade to sun,
Ever from sun to shade, on through all changes.
Swing! swing!
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Swing! swing! ever, O happy heart,
Active through sorrow and active through gladness,
Still a true living part
Play on, O restless heart,
Tireless through triumph, defeat, joy and sadness;
Swing! swing!
Active through sorrow and active through gladness,
Still a true living part
Play on, O restless heart,
Tireless through triumph, defeat, joy and sadness;
Swing! swing!
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