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OLD AND NEW
WHERE are they hidden, all the vanished years?
Ah, who can say!
Where is the laughter flown to, and the tears?
Perished? Ah, nay!
Beauty & strength are born of sun & showers;
These too shall surely spring again in flowers.
Ah, who can say!
Where is the laughter flown to, and the tears?
Perished? Ah, nay!
Beauty & strength are born of sun & showers;
These too shall surely spring again in flowers.
Yet let them sleep, nor seek herein to wed
Effect to cause,
For Nature's subtlest influences spread
By viewless laws.
This only seek, that each new year may bring,
Born of past griefs and joys, a fairer Spring!
Effect to cause,
For Nature's subtlest influences spread
By viewless laws.
This only seek, that each new year may bring,
Born of past griefs and joys, a fairer Spring!
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