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Samuel Longfellow (1819–1892)
Greeting
O
The blooming earth, the thoughts of men!
Our pilgrim feet, wet with thy dew,
In gladness hither turn again.
From eye to eye the signals run,
From heart to heart the bright hope glows;
The seekers of the Light are one.
One in the joy of paths untrod,
One in the soul’s perennial youth,
One in the larger thought of God;—
The wide horizon’s grander view,
The sense of life that knows no death,—
The life that maketh all things new.