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region, to lend their cheerful 

 voices to another winter. Then 

 came a beautiful day, with mild, 

 earth-scented breezes, like very 

 spring. But at night the north 

 wind came again to reassert 

 its power, and the earth 

 was once more subdued be- 

 neath the snow. And so 

 for weeks the north wind 

 battled with the sun, 





<5ill at last the sweet /Irhutus 

 Resting close on Nature's breast 



Felt a throb ■ a warm pulsation 

 f^ousc it jrom its dreamy rest- 



<3>hrowinQ wide its little portals 

 From its coverlet ©j snow 



It peeped forth (rem the leafy shelt 

 Into a "Valley white klow- 



flm I dreaminq? --e^hali the Winter 



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$h e and freere my early breath 

 lifay- liarld- kheaf the Bluebird sinqinq 

 ^SprinQ has come ne answereth- 



jml Frost-Hower in thy Grotto yonder 



Crystal -Sun-oem white and clear 

 <3>hy reiqn must cease when I awaken 

 t Jforewell ! pale bloom • thy ^ate draws near- 



vffi.1 ' , 'jy^Ieak Winter bs thine ■&■' ,,.,> 

 :J, J{wes.^prin<ptime is mine •' 



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