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LL DPD Ee CR OTe ee: :
OVER THE LOFTY MOUNTAINS 13
Pinions strong bear the eagle away
Over the lofty mountains
Forth to the young and vigorous day;
There he exults in the swift, wild play,
Rests where his spirit orders, —
Sees all the wide world’s borders.
Full-leaved the apple-tree wishes naught
Over the lofty mountains!
Spreading, when summer hither is brought,
Waiting till next time in its thought;
Many a bird it is swinging,
Knowing not what they are singing.
He who has longed for twenty years
Over the lofty mountains,
He who knows that he never nears,
Smaller feels with the lapsing years,
Heeds what the bird is singing
Cheerily to its swinging.
Garrulous bird, what will you here
Over the lofty mountains ?
Surely your nest was there less drear,
Taller the trees, the outlook clear;—
Will you then only bring me
’ Longings, but naught to wing me?
Shall I then never, never go
Over the lofty mountains?
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