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The Hawk

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Thou dost not fly, thou art not perched,      The air is all around:     What is it that can keep thee set,      From falling to the ground?     The concentration of thy mind      Supports thee in the air;     As thou dost watch the small young birds,      With such a deadly care.     My mind has such a hawk as thou,      It is an evil mood;     It comes when there's no cause for grief,      And on my joys doth brood.     Then do I see my life in parts;      The earth receives my bones,     The common air absorbs my mind -      It knows not flowers from stones.

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