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VERSES FOR PICTURES
DAY
I am Day; I bring againLife and glory, Love and pain:
Awake, arise! from death to death
Through me the World's tale quickeneth.
SPRING
Spring am I, too sort of heartMuch to speak ere I depart:
Ask the Summer-tide to prove
The abundance of my love.
SUMMER
Summer looked for long am I;Much shall change or e'er I die.
Prithee take it not amiss
Though I weary thee with bliss.
AUTUMN
Laden Autumn here I standWorn of heart, and weak of hand:
Nought but rest seems good to me,
Speak the word that sets me free.
WINTER
I am Winter, that do keepLonging safe amidst of sleep:
Who shall say if I were dead
What should be remembered?
NIGHT
I am Night: I bring againHope of pleasure, rest from pain:
Thoughts unsaid 'twixt Life and Death
My fruitful silence quickeneth.
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