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NEW POEMS 4 Push gayly on, strong heart! The while

You travel forward mile by mile,

He loiters with a backward smile

Till you can overtake,

And strains his eyes, to search his wake,

Or whistling, as he sees you through the brake,

Waits on a stile.

VIII

TO H. C. BUNNER

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