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POEMS.19
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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