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And 'mid the awful stillness         Of their grave,     The forest oaks have flourished         And the breath     Of years hath swept their races,         Wave on wave,     As ages fainted         On the shores of death.     The tumbling cliff perchance         Hath thundered deep,     Like a rough note         Of music in the song     Of centuries, and the whirlwind's         Crushing sweep,     Hath ploughed the forest         With its furrows strong.

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