 | The snow-drop |  |
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PREFACE.
When through the snowy cover
Of winter veiling all the ground,
By nature's earnest lover
The Snow-drop fair is found,
Of winter veiling all the ground,
By nature's earnest lover
The Snow-drop fair is found,
He takes it to his bosom,
Nor loves his floweret less, I ween,
Because the little blossom
In humble guise is seen.
Nor loves his floweret less, I ween,
Because the little blossom
In humble guise is seen.
A simple flower I bring you;
My fragile offering kindly take!
A simple song I sing you,
Oh! love it for my sake!
My fragile offering kindly take!
A simple song I sing you,
Oh! love it for my sake!
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I've nursed my Snow-drop sadly,
With smiles and tears of fear and hope,
And mournfully and gladly
I see its light leaves ope.
With smiles and tears of fear and hope,
And mournfully and gladly
I see its light leaves ope.
I mourn for all the brightness,
The Innocence, the guileless truth,
The faith, the joy, the lightness,
That blessed my early youth!
The Innocence, the guileless truth,
The faith, the joy, the lightness,
That blessed my early youth!
Yet I rejoice in feeling,
That still e'en now, whene'er beguiled
By childhood's sweet revealing,
I am again a child!
That still e'en now, whene'er beguiled
By childhood's sweet revealing,
I am again a child!
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