THE BLUEBIRD 
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south wind 
Gwe) bas been 
blowing at intervals for 
a week, the snow banks 
are diminishing in size, 
and here and there the 
brown earth seems to be 
pushing itself up from 
beneath the drifts. ‘Phe 
sun has loosed the ice- 
fetters, and again the 
murmur of the brook is 
heard; while over the 
water the pussy willows 
S ge ie 
Srcrion REMovED SHowinc In- ate hanging their swollen 
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