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Refuge

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Where swallows and wheatfields are,     O hamlet brown and still,     O river that shineth far,     By meadow, pier, and mill:     O endless sunsteeped plain,     With forests in dim blue shrouds,     And little wisps of rain,     Falling from far-off clouds:     I come from the choking air     Of passion, doubt, and strife,     With a spirit and mind laid bare     To your healing breadth of life:     O fruitful and sacred ground,     O sunlight and summer sky,     Absorb me and fold me round,     For broken and tired am I.

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