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THE ALMOND TREE
When ne'er a bud in brake or brereDurst February's front oppose,
The Almond, spurning coward fear,
In all her blossom'd bravery shows:
So forward buds of England's youth,
Who with the valorous Almond vie,
Nurselings of Righteousness and Truth,
The blustering foe's rude threats defy.
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