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To the heart of youth the world is a highwayside.
Passing forever, he fares; and on either hand, / Deep in the gardens golden pavilions hide, / Nestle in orchard bloom, and far on the level land / Call him with lighted lamp in the eventide.
Thick as the stars at night when the moon is down, / Pleasures assail him. He to his nobler fate / Fares; and but waves a hand as he passes on, / Cries but a wayside word to her at the garden gate, / Sings but a boyish stave and his face is gone.