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[Sky, that rollest ever]
Sky
, that rollest ever,
It is given to thee
To roll above the river
Rolling to the sea.
It is given to thee
To roll above the river
Rolling to the sea.
Truer is thy mirror
In the lake or sea;
But thou lovest error
More than constancy.
In the lake or sea;
But thou lovest error
More than constancy.
And the river running
Fast into the sea,
His wild hurry shunning
All thy love and thee;
Fast into the sea,
His wild hurry shunning
All thy love and thee;
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Not a moment staying
To return thy smiles,
Sees thee still displaying
All thy sunny wiles:
To return thy smiles,
Sees thee still displaying
All thy sunny wiles:
Till thou fallest weeping:
Then more furiously
All his wild waves leaping
Rush into the sea.
Then more furiously
All his wild waves leaping
Rush into the sea.
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