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 "O Mary, go and call the cattle home,
 And call the cattle home,
  And call the cattle read more 
 "O Mary, go and call the cattle home,
 And call the cattle home,
  And call the cattle home,
   Across the sands o' Dee;"
    The western wind was wild and dank wi' foam
     And all alone went she. 
 And see the rivers how they run
 Through woods and meads, in shade and sun,
  Sometimes swift, read more 
 And see the rivers how they run
 Through woods and meads, in shade and sun,
  Sometimes swift, sometimes slow,--
   Wave succeeding wave, they go
    A various journey to the deep,
     Like human life to endless sleep! 
 How sweet to move at summer's eve
 By Clyde's meandering stream,
  When Sol in joy is seen read more 
 How sweet to move at summer's eve
 By Clyde's meandering stream,
  When Sol in joy is seen to leave
   The earth with crimson beam;
    When islands that wandered far
     Above his sea couch lie,
      And here and there some gem-like star
       Re-opes its sparkling eye. 
 On the Big Blackfoot River above the mouth of Belmont Creek the 
banks are fringed by large Ponderosa pines. read more 
 On the Big Blackfoot River above the mouth of Belmont Creek the 
banks are fringed by large Ponderosa pines. In the slanting sun 
of late afternoon the shadows of great branches reached across 
the river, and the trees took the river in their arms. 
 Rivers are roads that move and carry us whither we wish to go.
 [Fr., Les rivieres sont des chemins read more 
 Rivers are roads that move and carry us whither we wish to go.
 [Fr., Les rivieres sont des chemins qui marchant et qui portent 
ou l'on veut aller.] 
 By shallow rivers, to whose falls
 Melodies birds sing madrigals.  
 By shallow rivers, to whose falls
 Melodies birds sing madrigals. 
 Two ways the rivers
 Leap down to different seas, and as they roll
  Grow deep and still, read more 
 Two ways the rivers
 Leap down to different seas, and as they roll
  Grow deep and still, and their majestic presence
   Becomes a benefaction to the towns
    They visit, wandering silently among them,
     Like patriarchs old among their shining tents. 
 How bright the sunshine dances in its joy,
 O'er the still flow of this majestic river!  
 How bright the sunshine dances in its joy,
 O'er the still flow of this majestic river! 
 In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
 A stately pleasure-dome decree;
  Where Alph, the sacred river ran,
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 In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
 A stately pleasure-dome decree;
  Where Alph, the sacred river ran,
   Through caverns measureless to man
    Down to a sunless sea.