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Something out there, shining, under the sky?
A whole wide world for wandering, under the sky.
Mountains, valleys, moors and dales, meadows,
hills, ravines descending, under the sky.
Oceans, rivers, narrow channels, torrents,
tarns, and streams slow-flowing, under the sky.
Trees and bushes, shrubs and flowers, mosses,
ferns and grasses waving under the sky.
Islands, beaches, clifftops, creeks and inlets,
rocky shorelines tumbling under the sky.
Sea-birds, pond-birds, dippers, warblers, song-birds,
waders, hunters hovering under the sky.
People, people round the world—and I,
roaming, rambling, drifting under the sky.