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. yf) WliL-ii haply, waiiclcriiit; over hill aiul clal.'. 

 I ill the woods have heard the nightiujtiilr. 

 Mcsccins that long and deejily 1 havr qiialVt-.l 

 ^ "'"^ potent niajiic of sonip wizard draught, 

 T Diawn from all wondrous licrbs of mystic niighl. 

 And woodland fragrance. With w hat keen d.li^lu 

 His >oug mounts higher, towards the sky' 



If, hdiiie on ellio wiMj;s, piiisiiing, I 



Could follow, higher y.t and yet more high. 



Methinks, my heart, that 1 might find above 



Wliat was, in days of old :— lost youth, lost love. 



Time hath no part, wondrous bird, with thee ; 



Thine is today the self-same melody 



That echoed in the woods when time wasyoiin. 



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Kings .,f the aii.i,-iil .-.nlh U.<^ 

 Nor is It changed bc.au.sc their In aits, .if old 

 I. la. I with the song, are silent now and .ol.l 

 Immortal is thy song, because its spring 

 love; whiih is eternal : therefore, Sing ' 



