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YOUTH.
I saw a streamlet flow,
With sparkles bright and free,
Still dancing to and fro,
To meet the rolling sea.
With sparkles bright and free,
Still dancing to and fro,
To meet the rolling sea.
It heeded not the rock,
Whose shadow frown'd about;
It heeded not the shock,
Of gnarl'd roots spreading out.
Whose shadow frown'd about;
It heeded not the shock,
Of gnarl'd roots spreading out.
And when a careless hand,
Disturb'd its sparkling breast,
And loos'd its wavy band,
It dimpled into rest.
Disturb'd its sparkling breast,
And loos'd its wavy band,
It dimpled into rest.
On, on the streamlet went,
Beneath the burning noon;
On, onward in content,
Beneath the midnight moon.
Beneath the burning noon;
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Beneath the midnight moon.
And thus in gay delight,
Does youth in beauty play,
Through visions of the night,
And pastimes of the day.
Does youth in beauty play,
Through visions of the night,
And pastimes of the day.
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