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For the lands and for these passionate1 days and for myself,

Now I awhile retire to thee O soil of autumn fields,

Reclining on thy breast, giving myself to thee,

Answering the pulses of thy sane2 and equable heart,

Tuning3 a verse for thee.

O earth that hast no voice, confide4 to me a voice,

O harvest of my lands - O boundless5 summer growths,

O lavish6 brown parturient earth - O infinite teeming7 womb,

A song to narrate8 thee.