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“ By the craggy hill-side,Through the mosses bare,They have planted thorn-treesFor pleasure here and there.If any man so daringAs dig them up in spite,He shall find their sharpest thornsIn his bed at night. ”

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In youth audacity is wise

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Up the airy mountain,Down the rushy glen,We daren't go a-huntingFor fear of little men.

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Is idleness indeed so black a crime?What are the Busy doing, half their time?

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Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt.

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