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Peace.

I have found Peace in the bright earth And in the sunny sky: By the low voice of summer seas, And where streams murmur by; I find it in the quiet tone Of voices that I love: By the flickering of a twilight fire, And in a leafless grove; I find it in the silent flow Of solitary thought: In calm half--meditated dreams, And reasoning self--taught; But seldom have I found such peace, As in the soul's deep joy Of passing onward free from harm Through every day's employ. If gems we seek, we only tire, And lift our hopes too high; The constant flowers that line our way Alone can satisfy.