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GREEN SPRING
As I walked out on May-day E'en,
The land was like a girl in green,
With bloom of pear and bloom of plum,
Like lilies new in bloom.
The land was like a girl in green,
With bloom of pear and bloom of plum,
Like lilies new in bloom.
When I walked out the First o' May,
The land a living emerald lay;
Soft flames of green the trees stood up
Out of an emerald cup.
The land a living emerald lay;
Soft flames of green the trees stood up
Out of an emerald cup.
O rain that raineth every day,
And clothes the sward and clothes the spray
With dew of diamond, veil of green,
And silver set between!
And clothes the sward and clothes the spray
With dew of diamond, veil of green,
And silver set between!
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O rain that rained the whole year through,
I heard the green things praising you,
The sap was flowing fast as rain
In many an emerald vein.
I heard the green things praising you,
The sap was flowing fast as rain
In many an emerald vein.
Are some will choose the golden Spring
With golden sky and golden wing,
And golden swallows faring home
Across the golden foam.
With golden sky and golden wing,
And golden swallows faring home
Across the golden foam.
I praise the green Spring, silver and green,
Her skies that wash the grey world clean,
Then clothe it in the grass-green silk
With wimple white as milk.
Her skies that wash the grey world clean,
Then clothe it in the grass-green silk
With wimple white as milk.
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