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Gushes of freshness woods and pastures yield.
All creatures, now, the quickening spring invites
To drink new draughts of health, and seek her pure delights."

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FINIS.

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The early singing-birds unite their strains;

And timid April, by the sun caress'd,

Now, with her breath of violets, walks the plains;
And when her lord, like some enamour'd youth,
Dwells on the changeful colours of her brow,
She, like some maid, heart-certain of his truth,
Smiles through her tears for bliss to share his vow.
The days extend: in many-tinted green,

The buds unfurl their foliage; and the trees,
Which, promptest, bloom along the rural scene,

Show, like some dress'd regatta, in the breeze.

The swallows re-appear: and, hour by hour,

Both still and moving life mark Spring's engendering power."

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J. JONES.

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