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In sky and wave the white clouds swam	A
And the blue hills of Nottingham	A
Through gaps of leafy green	B
Across the lake were seen	B
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When in the shadow of the ash	C
That dreams its dream in Attitash	C
In the warm summer weather	D
Two maidens sat together	D
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They sat and watched in idle mood	E
The gleam and shade of lake and wood	F
The beach the keen light smote	F
The white sail of a boat	F
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Swan flocks of lilies shoreward lying	G
In sweetness not in music dying	G
Hardback and virgin's bower	D
And white spiked clethra flower	D
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With careless ears they heard the plash	C
And breezy wash of Attitash	C
The wood bird's plaintive cry	H
The locust's sharp reply	H
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And teased the while with playful band	F
The shaggy dog of Newfoundland	F
Whose uncouth frolic spilled	F
Their baskets berry filled	F
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Then one the beauty of whose eyes	I
Was evermore a great surprise	I
Tossed back her queenly head	F
And lightly laughing said	F
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'No bridegroom's hand be mine to hold	F
That is not lined with yellow gold	F
I tread no cottage floor	J
I own no lover poor	K
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'My love must come on silken wings	L
With bridal lights of diamond rings	L
Not foul with kitchen smirch	C
With tallow dip for torch '	-
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The other on whose modest head	F
Was lesser dower of beauty shed	F
With look for home hearths meet	F
And voice exceeding sweet	F
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Answered 'We will not rivals be	M
Take thou the gold leave love to me	M
Mine be the cottage small	N
And thine the rich man's hall	N
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'I know indeed that wealth is good	F
But lowly roof and simple food	F
With love that hath no doubt	F
Are more than gold without '	-
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Hard by a farmer hale and young	O
His cradle in the rye field swung	O
Tracking the yellow plain	P
With windrows of ripe grain	P
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And still whene'er he paused to whet	F
His scythe the sidelong glance he met	F
Of large dark eyes where strove	Q
False pride and secret love	R
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Be strong young mower of the grain	P
That love shall overmatch disdain	P
Its instincts soon or late	F
The heart shall vindicate	F
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In blouse of gray with fishing rod	F
Half screened by leaves a stranger trod	F
The margin of the pond	F
Watching the group beyond	F
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The supreme hours unnoted come	S
Unfelt the turning tides of doom	T
And so the maids laughed on	U
Nor dreamed what Fate had done	V
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Nor knew the step was Destiny's	L
That rustled in the birchen trees	L
As with their lives forecast	F
Fisher and mower passed	F
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Erelong by lake and rivulet side	F
The summer roses paled and died	F
And Autumn's fingers shed	F
The maple's leaves of red	F
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Through the long gold hazed afternoon	W
Alone but for the diving loon	W
The partridge in the brake	X
The black duck on the lake	X
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Beneath the shadow of the ash	C
Sat man and maid by Attitash	C
And earth and air made room	T
For human hearts to bloom	T
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Soft spread the carpets of the sod	F
And scarlet oak and golden rod	F
With blushes and with smiles	L
Lit up the forest aisles	L
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The mellow light the lake aslant	F
The pebbled margin's ripple chant	F
Attempered and low toned	F
The tender mystery owned	F
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And through the dream the lovers dreamed	F
Sweet sounds stole in and soft lights streamed	F
The sunshine seemed to bless	L
The air was a caress	L
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Not she who lightly laughed is there	Y
With scornful toss of midnight hair	Y
Her dark disdainful eyes	L
And proud lip worldly wise	L
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Her haughty vow is still unsaid	F
But all she dreamed and coveted	F
Wears half to her surprise	L
The youthful farmer's guise	L
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With more than all her old time pride	F
She walks the rye field at his side	F
Careless of cot or hall	N
Since love transfigures all	N
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Rich beyond dreams the vantage ground	F
Of life is gained her hands have found	F
The talisman of old	F
That changes all to gold	F
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While she who could for love dispense	L
With all its glittering accidents	L
And trust her heart alone	Z
Finds love and gold her own	Z
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What wealth can buy or art can build	F
Awaits her but her cup is filled	F
Even now unto the brim	A2
Her world is love and him	A2
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The while he heard the Book man drew	B2
A length of make believing face	L
With smothered mischief laughing through	B2
'Why you shall sit in Ramsay's place	L
And with his Gentle Shepherd keep	C2
On Yankee hills immortal sheep	C2
While love lorn swains and maids the seas beyond	F
Hold dreamy tryst around your huckleberry pond '	-
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The Traveller laughed 'Sir Galahad	F
Singing of love the Trouvere's lay	D2
How should he know the blindfold lad	F
From one of Vulcan's forge boys ' 'Nay	Z
He better sees who stands outside	F
Than they who in procession ride '	-
The Reader answered 'selectmen and squire	E2
Miss while they make the show that wayside folks admire	E2
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'Here is a wild tale of the North	F2
Our travelled friend will own as one	Z
Fit for a Norland Christmas hearth	G2
And lips of Christian Andersen	Z
They tell it in the valleys green	Z
Of the fair island he has seen	Z
Low lying off the pleasant Swedish shore	J
Washed by the Baltic Sea and watched by Elsinore '	-

John Greenleaf Whittier

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