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Voice of the summerwind, / Joy of the summerplain, / Life of the summerhours, / Carol clearly, bound along. / No Tithon thou as poets feign / (Shame fall 'em they are deaf and blind) / But an insect lithe and strong, / Bowing the seeded summerflowers. / Prove their falsehood and thy quarrel, / Vaulting on thine airy feet. / Clap thy shielded sides and carol, / Carol clearly, chirrup sweet / Thou art a mailed warrior in youth and strength complete; / Armed cap-a-pie, / Full fair to see; / Unknowing fear, / Undreading loss, / A gallant cavalier / "Sans peur et sans reproche", / In sunlight and in shadow, / The Bayard of the meadow.