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 Mixed with all those dances,
 * Far through field and street

Sing their silent glances,
 * Ring their radiant feet.

Flowers wherewith May crowned us
 * Fall ere June be crowned:

Children blossom round us
 * All the whole year round.

Is the garland worthless
 * For one rose the less,

And the feast made mirthless?
 * Love, at least, says yes.

Strange it were, with many
 * Stars enkindling air,

Should but one find any
 * Welcome: strange it were,

Had one star alone won
 * Praise for light from far:

Nay, love needs his own one
 * Bright particular star.

Hope and recollection
 * Only lead him right

In its bright reflection
 * And collateral light.

Find as yet we may not
 * Comfort in its sphere:

Yet these days will weigh not
 * When it warms us here;