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LV.
SYMPATHY WITH NATURE.
We are a part of all we hear and see,—We share in their existence—we are taught
By what they suffer—with their feelings fraught,—
Are bound by their captivity, or free,
In their fresh impulses;—the earth, the air,
Master us through our sympathies—we share
The life that is about us, and thus flee,
From our own nature to a converse strange
With other natures—to the rock and tree,
The bird, and the sleek animal that glides
Still happy in deep thickets. Thus we range,
Capricious, still obedient to the tides
That chide or soothe our streams, as winds impel the sea.
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