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Sonnets by the Rev. Charles Strong | ||
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I may not taste the fragrant breath of Spring,
And gaze upon her beauty, and caress
The flowers embosomed with such tenderness,
And her sweet advent not be heard to sing;
And gaze upon her beauty, and caress
The flowers embosomed with such tenderness,
And her sweet advent not be heard to sing;
When insects are abroad on gentle wing,
And birds, melodious, throng the green recess,
When rising joys all living creatures bless,
And sounds of gladness through the valleys ring.
And birds, melodious, throng the green recess,
When rising joys all living creatures bless,
And sounds of gladness through the valleys ring.
Now Earth's redeemed from winter's icy chain,
And buds and blossoms drink the sun-lit shower,
And verdant fallows teem with infant grain,
And buds and blossoms drink the sun-lit shower,
And verdant fallows teem with infant grain,
I too would feel heaven's renovating power,
And on the true vine grafted, there remain
A living branch, until the vintage hour.
And on the true vine grafted, there remain
A living branch, until the vintage hour.
Sonnets by the Rev. Charles Strong | ||