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James Whitcomb Riley - He And IJames Whitcomb Riley - He And I
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Just drifting on together--         He and I-- As through the balmy weather         Of July   Drift two thistle-tufts imbedded   Each in each--by zephyrs wedded--   Touring upward, giddy-headed,         For the sky. And, veering up and onward,         Do we seem Forever drifting dawnward         In a dream,   Where we meet song-birds that know us,   And the winds their kisses blow us,   While the years flow far below us         Like a stream. And we are happy--very--         He and I-- Aye, even glad and merry         Though on high   The heavens are sometimes shrouded   By the midnight storm, and clouded   Till the pallid moon is crowded         From the sky. My spirit ne`er expresses         Any choice But to clothe him with caresses         And rejoice;   And as he laughs, it is in   Such a tone the moonbeams glisten   And the stars come out to listen         To his voice. And so, whate`er the weather,         He and I,-- With our lives linked thus together,         Float and fly   As two thistle-tufts imbedded   Each in each--by zephyrs wedded--   Touring upward, giddy-headed,         For the sky.
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