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VII.

TO venerate the simple days
  Which lead the seasons by,
Needs but to remember
  That from you or me
They may take the trifle
  Termed mortality !

To invest existence with a stately air,
Needs but to remember
  That the acorn there
Is the egg of forests
  For the upper air !

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