<h2><SPAN name="chap45"></SPAN>SONG</h2>
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Let me be great, as stars are great,<br/>
Singing of love, not of hate.<br/>
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Love for sweet and simple things,<br/>
Like clouds and sea-shell whisperings,<br/>
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Cool autumn winds, pale dew-kissed flowers,<br/>
Thin coils of smoke and granite towers,<br/>
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Snow-capped mountain peaks that flash<br/>
High above a river’s crash,<br/>
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Shrill songs of birds and children’s laughter,<br/>
Soft grey shadows trailing after<br/>
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Sunbeam sprites that seek the woods<br/>
And lose themselves in solitudes.<br/>
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All these I’ll love, never hate,<br/>
And loving them, I will be great.<br/></p>
<p class="left">
OLIVER JENKINS</p>
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