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THE BROOK by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: IT IS THE MOUNTAIN TO THE SEA
Last Line: AND I HAVE MANY A MILE TO GO.
Subject(s): BROOKS; FAREWELL; STREAMS; CREEKS; PARTING;
IT is the mountain to the sea
That makes a messenger of me:
And, lest I loiter on the way
And lose what I am sent to say,
He sets his reverie to song
And bids me sing it all day long.
Farewell! for here the stream is slow,
And I have many a mile to go.



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