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1834–1896

THE FOREST.

William Morris

By woodman's edge I faint and fail; By craftsman's edge I tell the tale. High in the wood, high o'er the hall, Aloft I rise when low I fall.

Unmoved I stand what wind may blow. Swift, swift before the wind I go.

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