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Happy Days

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A fringe of rushes, one green line     Upon a faded plain;     A silver streak of water-shine,     Above, tree-watchers twain.     It was our resting-place awhile,     And still, with backward gaze,     We say: Tis many a weary mile,     But there were happy days.     And shall no ripple break the sand     Upon our farther way?     Or reedy ranks all knee-deep stand?     Or leafy tree-tops sway?     The gold of dawn is surely met     In sunsets lavish blaze;     And, in horizons hidden yet,     There shall be happy days.

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