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THE DIFFERENCE
SWEETER than voices in the scented hay,
Or laughing children gleaning ears astray,
Or Christmas songs that shake the snows above,
Is the first cuckoo, when he comes with love.
Or laughing children gleaning ears astray,
Or Christmas songs that shake the snows above,
Is the first cuckoo, when he comes with love.
Sadder than birds on sunless summer eves,
Or drip of raindrops on the Autumn leaves,
Or wail of wintry waves on frozen shore,
Is Spring that comes but brings us love no more.
Or drip of raindrops on the Autumn leaves,
Or wail of wintry waves on frozen shore,
Is Spring that comes but brings us love no more.
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