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Tell you tales of pleasant cities, where processions never ending / Throng the streets at morn and even, while the traffic screams and roars; / Where 'tis ever keen contriving, / Each man with his neighbour striving; / Where tall houses hang together, and there ain't no out-of-doors?
Sing you songs of crowds careering: days of rush and nights of clamour; / Where there's ne'er a glimpse of greenwood to relieve the aching eyes. / Not for me their schemes nor pleasures; / Not for me their modes nor measures -- / Give me life as strong men live it where the timber ranges rise.