The Bird and the Ship Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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  "The rivers rush into the sea,
  By castle and town they go;
The winds behind them merrily
  Their noisy trumpets blow.
  "The clouds are passing far and high,
  We little birds in them play;
And everything, that can sing and fly,
  Goes with us, and far away.
  "I greet thee, bonny boat! Whither,
    or whence,
  With thy fluttering golden band?"—
  "I greet thee, little bird! To the wide sea
  I haste from the narrow land.
  "Full and swollen is every sail;
  I see no longer a hill,
I have trusted all to the sounding gale,
  And it will not let me stand still.
  "And wilt thou, little bird, go with us?
  Thou mayest stand on the mainmast tall,
For full to sinking is my house
  With merry companions all."—
  By castle and town they go;
The winds behind them merrily
  Their noisy trumpets blow.
  "The clouds are passing far and high,
  We little birds in them play;
And everything, that can sing and fly,
  Goes with us, and far away.
  "I greet thee, bonny boat! Whither,
    or whence,
  With thy fluttering golden band?"—
  "I greet thee, little bird! To the wide sea
  I haste from the narrow land.
  "Full and swollen is every sail;
  I see no longer a hill,
I have trusted all to the sounding gale,
  And it will not let me stand still.
  "And wilt thou, little bird, go with us?
  Thou mayest stand on the mainmast tall,
For full to sinking is my house
  With merry companions all."—
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