The forest meets the blessings of the Spring
The chestnut throws her sticky buds away
& shows her pleasant leaves and snow-white flowers
The nightingale is loud & often heard
The notes of every song & hardly known
She hides & sings a stranger all the day

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 The heavy thick mist hangs over the sun
The grass is all wet wi the dew
I cannot come out to thee Roger till noon
Fear o' spoiling my sealskin shoe
No mists need to tarry my Jenny till noon
The mist simmers thin on the hill
Sun beams getting yellow will master him soon
& ye may walk out if ye will

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 The clouds of purple & of crimson dye
Were huddled up together in a heap
And oer the scented wide worlds edge did lie
Resting as quiet as if lulled to sleep
I gazed upon them with a wishing eye
& longed but vainly for the painters power
To give existence to the mingling dye
& snatch a beauty from an evening hour

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 The blackbird startles from the homestead hedge,
Raindrops and leaves fall yellow as he springs;
Such images are nature's sweetest pledge,
To me there's music in his rustling wings.
‘Prink, prink,’ he cries, and loud the robin sings;
The small hawk like a shot drops from the sky
Close to my feet for mice and creeping things.

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