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John Charles McNeill

The hills again reach skyward with a smile.
 Again, with waking life along its way,
The landscape marches westward mile on mile
 And time throbs white into another day.

Though eager life must wait on livelihood,
 And all our hopes be tethered to the mart,
Lacking the eagle’s wild, high freedom, would
 That ours might be this day the eagle’s heart!

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From Songs, Merry and Sad | Stone & Barringer Co., 1906

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