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To A Boy Whistling

    By James Whitcomb Riley



    The smiling face of a happy boy
        With its enchanted key
        Is now unlocking in memory
    My store of heartiest joy.

    And my lost life again to-day,
        In pleasant colors all aglow,
        From rainbow tints, to pure white snow,
    Is a panorama sliding away.

    The whistled air of a simple tune
        Eddies and whirls my thoughts around,
        As fairy balloons of thistle-down
    Sail through the air of June.

    O happy boy with untaught grace!
        What is there in the world to give
        That can buy one hour of the life you live
    Or the trivial cause of your smiling face!



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