Man hath no part in all this glorious work The hand that built the firmament hath heaved And smoothed these verdant swells, and sown their slopes With herbage. . . .
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But 'neath yon crimson tree Lover to listening maid might breathe his flame, Nor mark, within its roseate canopy, Her blush of maiden shame.
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Thou dost knowThe faults to which the young are ever proneThe will is quick to act, the judgment weak.
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The earth may ring, from shore to shore,With echoes of a glorious name,But he, whose loss our tears deplore,Has left behind him more than fame.
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But I behold a fearful sign,To which the white men's eyes are blindTheir race may vanish hence, like mine,And leave no trace behind,Save ruins o'er the region spread,And the white stones above the dead.
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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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