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II. Love at all Seasons.

Spring! Let us love!
The time is ample:
The lark, the dove
Set good example.
Come let us love.
Summer! 'Tis ours!
Honey-bee zealous,
The fruits, the flowers
Most plainly tell us
That we should love.
Autumn! The leaves
That round us flutter,
The grapes, the sheaves
This warning utter—
That we should love
Winter! Holloa!
Rivers are frozen.
The ice, the snow!
The time is chosen
That we may love