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/ I. He sang a song as he sowed the field, / Sowed the field at break of day: / "When the pursed-up leaves are as lips that yield / Balm and balsam, and Spring, -- concealed / In the odorous green, -- is so revealed, / Halloo and oh! / Hallo for the woods and the far away!"
/ II. He trilled a song as he mowed the mead, / Mowed the mead as noon begun: / "When the hills are gold with the ripened seed, / As the sunset stairs that loom and lead / To the sky where Summer knows naught of need, / Halloo and oh! / Hallo for the hills and the harvest sun!"