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OF waters, forests, hills,

Of the earth at large, whispering through medium
of me;

Of vista—Suppose some sight in arriere, through the
formative chaos, presuming the growth, fulness,
life, now attained on the journey;

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(But I see the road continued, and the journey ever
continued;)

Of what was once lacking on the earth, and in due
time has become supplied—And of what will
yet be supplied,

Because all I see and know, I believe to have purport
in what will yet be supplied.

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