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THE WIND UP THE STREAM
The shaded river ran belowA ledge, with elms that stood in row,
By leafy ivy-stems intwin'd,
In light that shot from rind to rind;
And winds that play'd, now brisk, now slack,
Against the stream, were driving back
The running waves, and made them seem
To show an upward-flowing stream:
As man, while hope beguiles him, thinks
His life is rising while it sinks.
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