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I put my heart to school / In the world where men grow wise: / "Go out," I said, "and learn the rule; / 'Come back when you win a prize."
My heart came back again: / "Now where is the prize? " I cried. -- / "The rule was false, and the prize was pain, / And the teacher's name was Pride."
I put my heart to school / In the woods where veeries sing / And brooks run clear and cool, / In the fields where wild flowers spring.
"And why do you stay so long / My heart, and where do you roam? " / The answer came with a laugh and a song, -- / "I find this school is home."
April, 1901.