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TO ULYSSES
iii.In summer if I reach my day—To you, yet young, who breathe the balmOf summer-winters by the palmAnd orange grove of Paraguay,
iv.I tolerant of the colder time,Who love the winter woods, to traceOn paler heavens the branching graceOf leafless elm, or naked lime,
v.And see my cedar green, and thereMy giant ilex keeping leafWhen frost is keen and days are brief—Or marvel how in English air