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WHEN IN THE WOODS I WANDERED
WHEN in the woods I wandered,
The gift of bird-like song
Came on me full and strong,
And many a verse I squandered
The woods and ways along.
The gift of bird-like song
Came on me full and strong,
And many a verse I squandered
The woods and ways along.
But now my verse, though pondered
With labour sad and long,
Strives vainly to be strong.
Ah me! the gift so squandered!
Ah me! the birdlike song!
With labour sad and long,
Strives vainly to be strong.
Ah me! the gift so squandered!
Ah me! the birdlike song!
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