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The Trees.

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When on the spring's enchanting blue     You trace your slender leaves and few,     Then do I wish myself re-born     To lands of hope, to lands of morn.     And when you wear your rich attire,     Your autumn garments, touched with fire,     I want again that ardent soul     That dared the race and dreamed the goal.     But, oh, when leafless, dark and high,     You rise against this winter sky,     I hear God's word: "Stand still and see     How fair is mine austerity!"

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