Savantism

 THITHER, as I look, I see each result and glory retracing itself and nestling close,
 always
 obligated; 
Thither hours, months, years—thither trades, compacts, establishments, even the most
 minute;

Thither every-day life, speech, utensils, politics, persons, estates; 
Thither we also, I with my leaves and songs, trustful, admirant, 
As a father, to his father going, takes his children along with him. 5

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