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3Comfort of the hills [electronic text] : and other poems
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- Title
- Comfort of the hills [electronic text] : and other poems
- Author
- Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914.
- Publication
- New York: The Century Co.
- 1910
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"Comfort of the hills [electronic text] : and other poems." In the digital collection American Verse Project. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/BAP5348.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024.
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Except the last two lines, which I failed to capture, the rest of these verses I composed while asleep. I have many times seemed to make verses in sleep; only thrice could I recall them on waking. The four lines called "Which" were also made in sleep. The psychological interest of this sleep product may excuse this personal statement.
COME, let us be the willing fools Of April's earliest day, And dream we own all pleasant things The years have reft away.'T is but to take the poet's wand, A touch or here or there, And I have lost that ancient stoop, And you are young and fair.Ah, no! The years that gave and took Have left with you and me The wisdom of the widening stream; Trust we the larger sea.