Here the free spirit of mankind, at length, Throws its last fetters off and who shall place A limit to the giant's unchained strength, Or curb his swiftness in the forward race.
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Thou dost knowThe faults to which the young are ever proneThe will is quick to act, the judgment weak.William Cullen Bryant
Tender pauses speakThe overflow of gladness,When words are all too weak.
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There is a power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, --
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We plant, upon the sunny lea,A shadow for the noontide hour,A shelter from the summer shower,When we plant the apple-tree.
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The melancholy days have come, the saddest of the year, Of wailing winds, and naked woods, and meadows brown And sear.
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