Hid with these in cave and wood,

Watched with those o’er hearth and fold.

Happy on our way we went,

Meadow secrets, forest clues,{22}

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Learning from the firwoods’ scent,

Winning from the wild flowers’ hues.

Trusting life itself, we grew

One with all we loved and knew;

Every thought we sent a-wing

Linked us with some living thing;

Every kindness that we did

Treasure for us somewhere hid.

So, outside ourselves was sown

All that grew to be our own;

So we put our wealth in trust

Past the reach of moth and rust.

Wherefore, no defeat or lure

Now can leave us wholly poor;

Never can we fail to find

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