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— John Milton

Say, Heavenly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein 15

Afford a present to the Infant God?

Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain,

To welcome him to this his new abode,

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First Known When Lost

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Edward Thomas
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NEVER had noticed it until'Twas gone,--the narrow copseWhere now the woodman lopsThe last of the willows with his bill. It was not more than a hedge overgrown.One meadow's breadth awayI passed it day by day.Now the soil was bare as a bone, And black betwixt two meadows green,Though fresh-cut faggot endsOf hazel made some amendsWith a gleam as if flowers they had been. Strange it could have hidden so near!And now I see as I lookThat the small winding brook,A tributary's tributary, rises there.
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