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A CHILD OF NATURE 
which the world had long banished 
and forgotten, won back to their 
ancient haunts by the boy's faith 
and vision ; and the stars, as he 
walked the lonely road at night, 
were like swinging lamps set along 
some great highway where the im- 
mortals pass in majestic procession. 
The touch of the imagination lay on 
the whole earth like a light which 
brings all hidden, obscure, and mys- 
terious things to view. The boy 
was walking by the light which 
has shone on the path of every poet 
since time began. The power to 
create was not to be his, but he 
lived in the creative mood ; the 
wonders were all revealed to him, 
the joy was in his heart, the rap- 
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