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THE POINT OF SPRING
'Twas that sweet moment of the year
When first the seasons' hopes appear,
When through black boughs of winter seen
Spring shimmers in a gauze of green.
When first the seasons' hopes appear,
When through black boughs of winter seen
Spring shimmers in a gauze of green.
His pushing heir not yet installed
The guiltless cuckoo shyly called,
And like a fountain pulsing strong
Larks towered and dropped on jets of song;
The guiltless cuckoo shyly called,
And like a fountain pulsing strong
Larks towered and dropped on jets of song;
Nodded beneath the sheltering hill
In the low breeze the daffodil,
And pink the budding almond stood
Blushing at her own hardihood;
In the low breeze the daffodil,
And pink the budding almond stood
Blushing at her own hardihood;
While on the down so harsh and bare
But yesterday, see everywhere
Pale stars in purple morning set,
The primrose with the violet!
But yesterday, see everywhere
Pale stars in purple morning set,
The primrose with the violet!
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