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PROLOGUE
Merrily Spring came over the hill,
With fun in her lovely eyes.
She whispered a word to the leafless hedge,
She kissed her hand to the skies.
With fun in her lovely eyes.
She whispered a word to the leafless hedge,
She kissed her hand to the skies.
Hearing a new-born lambkin call
His mother in Cowslip Vale,
She threw him a leap to suit his legs
And a waggle to fit his tail.
His mother in Cowslip Vale,
She threw him a leap to suit his legs
And a waggle to fit his tail.
Prettily humming her delicate songs,
She chose one out of the rest
And flung it afar with magical skill
Right into the blackbird's breast.
She chose one out of the rest
And flung it afar with magical skill
Right into the blackbird's breast.
Seeing a thrush on an aspen branch
In want of a perfect note,
She gave him a thrilling cry to use
And a velvety courting-coat.
In want of a perfect note,
She gave him a thrilling cry to use
And a velvety courting-coat.
Hearing a bachelor beetle move
At the back of a hazel stem,
She cried to a fairy polisher, “Go
And polish him like a gem!”
At the back of a hazel stem,
She cried to a fairy polisher, “Go
And polish him like a gem!”
Blossom she gave to an almond-tree,
And warbles she gave to a brook;
But Fancy she dropped in a poet's heart
As he sang at his Children's Book.
And warbles she gave to a brook;
But Fancy she dropped in a poet's heart
As he sang at his Children's Book.
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