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IF THOU SPEAK'ST.
If thou speak'st, though snows surround thee,
Still the birds believe 'tis Spring;
And with transport flutter round thee
More to listen than to sing!
If thou smil'st—'tis beauty's summer,
And thou dost misguide the rose;—
And the lark, the latest comer,
Heaven-ward with the mission goes!
Still the birds believe 'tis Spring;
And with transport flutter round thee
More to listen than to sing!
If thou smil'st—'tis beauty's summer,
And thou dost misguide the rose;—
And the lark, the latest comer,
Heaven-ward with the mission goes!
If from Nature's golden portal
Thou bewild'rest nature's own,
How should I, who am but mortal,
'Scape the witchery of thy tone?
What is Earth if thou forsake it?
What the seasons unto me?
Earth is what thou deign'st to make it;
Life is winter without thee!
Thou bewild'rest nature's own,
How should I, who am but mortal,
'Scape the witchery of thy tone?
What is Earth if thou forsake it?
What the seasons unto me?
Earth is what thou deign'st to make it;
Life is winter without thee!
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