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Among our hills and valleys I have known	A
Wise and grave men who while their diligent hands	B
Tended or gathered in the fruits of earth	C
Were reverent learners in the solemn school	D
Of nature Not in vain to them were sent	E
Seed time and harvest or the vernal shower	F
That darkened the brown tilth or snow that beat	G
On the white winter hills Each brought in turn	H
Some truth some lesson on the life of man	I
Or recognition of the Eternal mind	J
Who veils his glory with the elements	K
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One such I knew long since a white haired man	I
Pithy of speech and merry when he would	L
A genial optimist who daily drew	M
From what he saw his quaint moralities	K
Kindly he held communion though so old	N
With me a dreaming boy and taught me much	O
That books tell not and I shall ne'er forget	P
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The sun of May was bright in middle heaven	Q
And steeped the sprouting forests the green hills	K
And emerald wheat fields in his yellow light	R
Upon the apple tree where rosy buds	K
Stood clustered ready to burst forth in bloom	S
The robin warbled forth his full clear note	T
For hours and wearied not Within the woods	K
Whose young and half transparent leaves scarce cast	U
A shade gay circles of anemones	K
Danced on their stalks the shadbush white with flowers	K
Brightened the glens the new leaved butternut	U
And quivering poplar to the roving breeze	K
Gave a balsamic fragrance In the fields	K
I saw the pulses of the gentle wind	U
On the young grass My heart was touched with joy	V
At so much beauty flushing every hour	F
Into a fuller beauty but my friend	U
The thoughtful ancient standing at my side	U
Gazed on it mildly sad I asked him why	W
	-
Well mayst thou join in gladness he replied	U
With the glad earth her springing plants and flowers	K
And this soft wind the herald of the green	X
Luxuriant summer Thou art young like them	Y
And well mayst thou rejoice But while the flight	U
Of seasons fills and knits thy spreading frame	Z
It withers mine and thins my hair and dims	K
These eyes whose fading light shall soon be quenched	U
In utter darkness Hearest thou that bird	U
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I listened and from midst the depth of woods	K
Heard the love signal of the grouse that wears	K
A sable ruff around his mottled neck	A2
Partridge they call him by our northern streams	K
And pheasant by the Delaware He beat	U
'Gainst his barred sides his speckled wings and made	U
A sound like distant thunder slow the strokes	K
At first then fast and faster till at length	B2
They passed into a murmur and were still	C2
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There hast thou said my friend a fitting type	D2
Of human life 'Tis an old truth I know	E2
But images like these revive the power	F
Of long familiar truths Slow pass our days	K
In childhood and the hours of light are long	F2
Betwixt the morn and eve with swifter lapse	K
They glide in manhood and in age they fly	W
Till days and seasons flit before the mind	U
As flit the snow flakes in a winter storm	G2
Seen rather than distinguished Ah I seem	H2
As if I sat within a helpless bark	I2
By swiftly running waters hurried on	J2
To shoot some mighty cliff Along the banks	K
Grove after grove rock after frowning rock	K2
Bare sands and pleasant homes and flowery nooks	K
And isles and whirlpools in the stream appear	L2
Each after each but the devoted skiff	M2
Darts by so swiftly that their images	K
Dwell not upon the mind or only dwell	N2
In dim confusion faster yet I sweep	O2
By other banks and the great gulf is near	L2
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Wisely my son while yet thy days are long	F2
And this fair change of seasons passes slow	E2
Gather and treasure up the good they yield	U
All that they teach of virtue of pure thoughts	K
And kind affections reverence for thy God	U
And for thy brethren so when thou shalt come	P2
Into these barren years thou mayst not bring	Q2
A mind unfurnished and a withered heart	U
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Long since that white haired ancient slept but still	C2
When the red flower buds crowd the orchard bough	R2
And the ruffed grouse is drumming far within	S2
The woods his venerable form again	T2
Is at my side his voice is in my ear	U2

William Cullen Bryant

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