XV 



"Fair and Warmer" 



TT THERE the ice first formed along 

 VV the edges of the park lagoon 

 last November there also may you 

 look for it first to yield when winter's 

 grip begins to break in March. The 

 bonds are to be relaxed in gentler 

 fashion than they were forged. The 

 fogs and rain are gradually luring back 

 the life that has so long been ruthlessly 

 repressed. "Thaw with his gentle 

 persuasion is more powerful than Thor 

 with his hammer. The one melts; the 

 other breaks in pieces." 



This morning there is open water 

 where yesterday the ice still held. 

 Geese are bucking the northern line 

 with flying-wedge. The catkins on the 



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