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Two Voyagers.

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Two butterflies went out at noon     And waltzed above a stream,     Then stepped straight through the firmament     And rested on a beam;     And then together bore away     Upon a shining sea, --     Though never yet, in any port,     Their coming mentioned be.     If spoken by the distant bird,     If met in ether sea     By frigate or by merchantman,     Report was not to me.

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