And the world's sun seemed to rise To drudge all day for Guy the wise. In his rich nurseries, timely skill Strong crab with nobler blood did fill; The zephyr in his garden rolled From plum-trees vegetable gold; And all the hours of the year With their own harvest honored were. There was no frost but welcome came, Nor freshet, nor midsummer flame. Belonged to wind and world the toil And venture, and to Guy the oil. 

  

  

       HAMATREYA     

      Bulkeley, Hunt, Willard, Hosmer, Meriam, Flint, Possessed the land which rendered to their toil Hay, corn, roots, hemp, flax, apples, wool and wood. Each of these landlords walked amidst his farm, Saying, ''Tis mine, my children's and my name's. How sweet the west wind sounds in my own trees! How graceful climb those shadows on my hill! I fancy these pure waters and the flags Know me, as does my dog: we sympathize; And, I affirm, my actions smack of the soil.'       Where are these men? Asleep beneath their grounds:      And strangers, fond as they, their furrows plough. Earth laughs in flowers, to see her boastful boys Earth-proud, proud of the earth which is not theirs; Who steer the plough, but cannot steer their feet Clear of the grave. They added ridge to valley, brook to pond, And sighed for all that bounded their domain;      'This suits me for a pasture; that's my park; We must have clay, lime, gravel, granite-ledge, And misty lowland, where to go for peat. The land is well,—lies fairly to the south.      'Tis good, when you have crossed the sea and back, To find the sitfast acres where you left them.'      Ah! the hot owner sees not Death, who adds Him to his land, a lump of mould the more. Hear what the Earth says:—         EARTH-SONG         'Mine and yours;        Mine, not yours. Earth endures; Stars abide—        Shine down in the old sea; Old are the shores; But where are old men? I who have seen much, Such have I never seen.         'The lawyer's deed Ran sure, In tail, To them, and to their heirs Who shall succeed, Without fail, Forevermore.         'Here is the land, Shaggy with wood, With its old valley, Mound and flood. But the heritors?—         Fled like the flood's foam. The lawyer, and the laws, And the kingdom, Clean swept herefrom.         'They called me theirs, Who so controlled me; Yet every 

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