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Translations: Prelude by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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As treasures that men seek,
&nbsp Deep-buried in sea-sands,
Vanish if they but speak,
&nbsp And elude their eager hands,

So ye escape and slip,
&nbsp O songs, and fade away,
When the word is on my lip
&nbsp To interpret what ye say.

Were it not better, then,
&nbsp To let the treasures rest
Hid from the eyes of men,
&nbsp Locked in their iron chest?

I have but marked the place,
&nbsp But half the secret told,
That, following this slight trace,
&nbsp Others may find the gold.

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