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A silent world -- yet full of vital joy / Uttered in rhythmic movements manifold, / And sunbeams flashing on the face of things / Like sudden smilings of divine delight --
A world of many sorrows too, revealed / In fading flowers and withering leaves and dark / Tear-laden clouds, and tearless, clinging mists / That hung above the earth too sad to weep --