"and then we wake, And hear the fruitful stream lapsing along Twixt villages, and think how we shall take Our own calm journey on for human sake."
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Leigh Hunt
James Henry Leigh Hunt (October 19, 1784 β August 28, 1859) was an English poet and essayist.
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