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To J. S.

i.

The wind, that beats the mountain, blows

More softly round the open wold,
And gently comes the world to those
That are cast in gentle mould.

ii.

And me this knowledge bolder made,

Or else I had not dared to flow
In these words toward you, and invade
Even with a verse your holy woe.

iii.

'Tis strange that those we lean on most,

Those in whose laps our limbs are nursed,
Fall into shadow, soonest lost:
Those we love first are taken first.