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 | | Old goatherds and old goats, if in all else Youth can excel them in accomplishment, Are learned in waiting. |
 | | He stayed for a while; and we Had scarcely accustomed our ears To his speech at the break of day, Had scarcely accustomed our eyes To his shape at the rinsing-pool Among the evening shadows, When he vanished from ears and eyes. |
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