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NATURAL STUDIES.
To see the grace and glory of the year,
Cradled in leaves, grow with the breath of May,
At whose warm touch the winter melts away,
And all the wakened heaven, shows full and clear;
To mark the faint but freshening light appear,
And throw its first fair gold upon the grey,
Giving glad promise of the dazzling day;
To view the mute and labouring Night uprear
Its starriness through storms; or trace the tide
Forth from its pebbly prison flowing free—
These link the soul, O Nature! unto thee;
And in these scenes are figured and implied
The dawn and growth of life, when taught by pride
The Mind disdains the dust and feels its liberty.
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