Adieu! adieu! thy plaintive anthem fades 75

Past the near meadows, over the still stream,

Up the hill-side; and now ’tis buried deep

In the next valley-glades:

Was it a vision, or a waking dream?

Fled is that music:—do I wake or sleep? 80

John Keats.

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ODE TO A SKYLARK.

Hail to thee, blithe Spirit!

Bird thou never wert,