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FOR OLD LOVERS by THOMAS AUGUSTINE DALY

First Line: THE SAP IS BUBBLING IN THE TREE
Last Line: OF A WOOD FIRE AT NIGHT.
Subject(s): SEASONS; SPRING;
THE sap is bubbling in the tree,
The pink buds herald spring.
Yet winter holds for you and me
One charm to which we cling.
The April sun grows warm by noon,
Its daylight skies are bright;
But the cool evenings bring the boon
Of a wood fire at night.

The greening sod of April days
Is lovely to the eye,
But firmer, lovelier turf is May's
And kindlier glows the sky.
Let striplings to the greenwood go
For April's chill delight,
But we two still shall bless the glow
Of a wood fire at night.



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