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EARLY SPRING by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

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First Line: HOW SWEET THIS MORNING AIR IN SPRING
Last Line: SING SWEETER SONGS THAN I MAY BORROW.
Subject(s): SPRING;

How sweet this morning air in spring,
When tender is the grass, and wet!
I see some little leaves have not
Outgrown their curly childhood yet;
And cows no longer hurry home,
However sweet a voice cries 'Come.'

Here, with green Nature all around,
While that fine bird the skylark sings;
Who now in such a passion is,
He flies by it, and not his wings;
And many a blackbird, thrush and sparrow
Sing sweeter songs than I may borrow.



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