DOUBT NO MORE THAT OBERON
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oubt no more that Oberon--Never doubt that PanLived, and played a reed, and ranAfter nymphs in a dark forest,In the merry, credulous days,--Lived, and led a fairy bandOver the indulgent land!Ah, for in this dourest, sorestAge man's eye has looked upon,Death to fauns and death to fays,Still the dog-wood dares to raise--Healthy tree, with trunk and root--Ivory bowls that bear no fruit,And the starlings and the jays--Birds that cannot even sing--Dare to come again in spring!
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