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LOW HILLS; FOR ROBERT S. HILLYER by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM

First Line: I WANT LOW HILLS. I DO NOT WANT THE SEA
Last Line: LOW HILLS ARE WEAKNESS STRONG ENOUGH FOR PEACE.

I WANT low hills. I do not want the sea.
The sea is full of sorrow, noise, and fright;
The sea is like a thousand women weeping,
While hills are like a whisper in the night.

I want low hills. I do not want the sea.
The sorrows of the sea have no release.
But hills are hushed by twilight -- hills are sleeping. . .
Low hills are weakness strong enough for peace.



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