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Food grows out of the earth,
But underneath the same earth
All is torn up and crushed.
The stones of the earth contain sapphires,
And its dust contains gold.
No hawk sees the roads to the mines,
And no vulture ever flies over them.

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The earth, from which food comes,(A)
    is transformed below as by fire;
lapis lazuli(B) comes from its rocks,
    and its dust contains nuggets of gold.(C)
No bird of prey knows that hidden path,
    no falcon’s eye has seen it.(D)

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