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BLUE SKY.

When dreary rains have veiled the day
For many darkling hours,
Till birds forget their singing May
And bees their honey-flowers:
How quickens all the earth anew
If, 'mong the clouds alone,
A single break of happy blue
By the dark heaven is shown!
“Blue sky! blue sky!” we cheerily cry;
Our pulses waken new;
Our hearts, uplifted, blithe and high,
Sing, lark-like, in the blue!

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Blue sky! blue sky! An open door,
Though small, may hold the sun,
And through it watchful Hope once more
Sees her Bright Day begun!