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blue-eyed grace.
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The airy wisdom of the wood,
Far easiest to be understood!

"I whisper to the winds; I kiss
The rough old oak, and clasp his bark;
No farewell of the thrush I miss;
I lift the soft veil of the dark,
And say to bird, and breeze, and tree,
'Good night! good friends you are to me!"