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IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 83 by ALFRED TENNYSON

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First Line: DIP DOWN UPON THE NORTHERN SHORE
Last Line: AND FLOOD A FRESHER THROAT WITH SONG.
Subject(s): APRIL; SPRING;
DIP down upon the northern shore,
O sweet new-year, delaying long:
Thou dost expectant Nature wrong;
Delaying long, delay no more.
What stays thee from the clouded noons,
Thy sweetness from its proper place?
Can trouble live with April days,
Or sadness in the summer moons?
Bring orchis, bring the foxglove spire,
The little speedwell's darling blue,
Deep tulips dashed with fiery dew,
Laburnums, dropping-wells of fire.
O thou, new-year, delaying long,
Delayest the sorrow in my blood,
That longs to burst a frozen bud,
And flood a fresher throat with song.


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