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Who would not be early to rise, and rise earlier and earlier on each successive morning of his life, till he became unspeakably healthy, wealthy, and wise Soon I fell into thinking of one in some ways greater than Thoreau, so unlike the skyey-minded New England prophet and solitary, so much more genial and tolerant, more mundane and lovable; and yet like Thoreau in his nearness to nature.

—Birds in Town and Village

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adjective Of, from, or resembling the sky: "a sheet of skyey water” (John Updike).

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Who would not be early to rise, and rise earlier and earlier on each successive morning of his life, till he became unspeakably healthy, wealthy, and wise Soon I fell into thinking of one in some ways greater than Thoreau, so unlike the skyey-minded New England prophet and solitary, so much more genial and tolerant, more mundane and lovable; and yet like Thoreau in his nearness to nature. — Birds in Town and Village
But fragile souls, in skyey reaches find — Trees and Other Poems
O golden robin, skyey-nested, — Song-waves
O glowing grass, O violet skyey, — Song-waves
Thy cradle rocks to skyey breathings, — Song-waves