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Here are old trees tall oaks and gnarled pines	A
That stream with gray green mosses here the ground	B
Was never trenched by spade and flowers spring up	C
Unsown and die ungathered It is sweet	D
To linger here among the flitting birds	E
And leaping squirrels wandering brooks and winds	F
That shake the leaves and scatter as they pass	G
A fragrance from the cedars thickly set	H
With pale blue berries In these peaceful shades	I
Peaceful unpruned immeasurably old	J
My thoughts go up the long dim path of years	K
Back to the earliest days of liberty	L
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Oh FREEDOM thou art not as poets dream	M
A fair young girl with light and delicate limbs	N
And wavy tresses gushing from the cap	O
With which the Roman master crowned his slave	P
When he took off the gyves A bearded man	Q
Armed to the teeth art thou one mailed hand	R
Grasps the broad shield and one the sword thy brow	S
Glorious in beauty though it be is scarred	T
With tokens of old wars thy massive limbs	N
Are strong with struggling Power at thee has launched	U
His bolts and with his lightnings smitten thee	L
They could not quench the life thou hast from heaven	V
Merciless power has dug thy dungeon deep	W
And his swart armorers by a thousand fires	X
Have forged thy chain yet while he deems thee bound	B
The links are shivered and the prison walls	Y
Fall outward terribly thou springest forth	Z
As springs the flame above a burning pile	A2
And shoutest to the nations who return	B2
Thy shoutings while the pale oppressor flies	C2
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Thy birthright was not given by human hands	D2
Thou wert twin born with man In pleasant fields	E2
While yet our race was few thou sat'st with him	F2
To tend the quiet flock and watch the stars	G2
And teach the reed to utter simple airs	H2
Thou by his side amid the tangled wood	I2
Didst war upon the panther and the wolf	J2
His only foes and thou with him didst draw	K2
The earliest furrows on the mountain side	L2
Soft with the deluge Tyranny himself	M2
Thy enemy although of reverend look	N2
Hoary with many years and far obeyed	O2
Is later born than thou and as he meets	P2
The grave defiance of thine elder eye	Q2
The usurper trembles in his fastnesses	P2
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Thou shalt wax stronger with the lapse of years	P2
But he shall fade into a feebler age	R2
Feebler yet subtler He shall weave his snares	P2
And spring them on thy careless steps and clap	O
His withered hands and from their ambush call	S2
His hordes to fall upon thee He shall send	T2
Quaint maskers wearing fair and gallant forms	P2
To catch thy gaze and uttering graceful words	P2
To charm thy ear while his sly imps by stealth	U2
Twine round thee threads of steel light thread on thread	V2
That grow to fetters or bind down thy arms	P2
With chains concealed in chaplets Oh not yet	H
Mayst thou unbrace thy corslet nor lay by	Q2
Thy sword nor yet O Freedom close thy lids	P2
In slumber for thine enemy never sleeps	P2
And thou must watch and combat till the day	W2
Of the new earth and heaven But wouldst thou rest	X2
Awhile from tumult and the frauds of men	Y2
These old and friendly solitudes invite	Z2
Thy visit They while yet the forest trees	P2
Were young upon the unviolated earth	A3
And yet the moss stains on the rock were new	B3
Beheld thy glorious childhood and rejoiced	C3

William Cullen Bryant

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