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Rh Wins the believing child with wondrous tales;

Touches a cheek with colors of romance,

And crowds a history into a glance;

Gives beauty to the lake and fountain,

Spies oversea the fires of the mountain;

When thrushes ope their throat, 't is he that sings,

And he that paints the oriole's fiery wings.

The little Shakspeare in the maiden's heart

Makes Romeo of a plough-boy on his cart;

Opens the eye to Virtue's starlike meed

And gives persuasion to a gentle deed.

WRITTEN IN A VOLUME OF GOETHE