and the forces of nature. I dreaded that first robin so, But he is mastered now, And I'm accustomed to him grown-- He hurts a little though I dared not meet the daffodils, For fear their yellow gown Would pierce me with a fashion So foreign to my own.

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I do not fear poverty and death does not frighten me.

无惧贫困,且死亡也吓不倒我。

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